News:
December 6, 2018
Minister of Health Kwaku Agyeman Manu has said the Ghana Health Service through the National Health Insurance Authority pays approximately One Hundred and Eighty Thousand Ghana cedis (180,000) monthly to health providers in the Talensi-Nabdam District.
According to the Health Minister they had expected to have paid all 2017 claims by now as the reconciliation exercise shows.
He added that the NHIA-GHS-Word Bank project has led to some missing payment of CHPs and Health Centers which are being rectified now.
“The last payment made to the Talensi-Nabdam District was Friday 16th November this year in the sum of GHc 589, 849.93”
In addition he pointed out that there are currently twenty-one (21) accredited providers under the Talensi-Nabdam NHIS District, 5 GHS Health Centres, 1 GHS primary hospital, 10 GHS CHPS, 1 CHAG Health Centre, 2 CHAG CHPS, 1 Private Health Centre and 1 Private Laboratory.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com