The Private Health Facilities Association of Ghana has rescinded its decision to reintroduce the co-payment system.
Last week, private health institutions on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) threatened to revert to the ‘cash and carry’ system of healthcare if the government did not address their reimbursement concerns.
They gave the government up to December 16, ultimatum in demand for outstanding payments dating as far back as 2018.
But a few days after the threats, the group has backed down on their intended action following a meeting with the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA).
The facilities, however, reiterated the looming threat of low medicine tariffs and its intended effect on their operations.
While promising to continue providing excellent service to Ghanaians, it urged the government to take a “keen look at a possible tariff review in the shortest time possible to avert further agitation.”
The Association had earlier lamented that facility contracts with the government state that: “the NHIA will make payments within ninety (90) days of receipt of a claim unless written notice of a dispute or discrepancy is furnished the provider within thirty (30) days of the claim.”
Source:Fiilafmonline/CitiNews
