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NHIA denies allegations of not paying claims to service providers

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has dismissed accusations of not paying claims to health service providers thus crippling the businesses of pharmaceutical suppliers.
This comes on the back of complaints from the Chamber of Pharmacy Ghana that its members have not received more than three months of payment for medicines bought from them by NHIS accredited health facilities, a move the Chamber partly blamed on delayed claim payments by the NHIA.
This has led to the Chamber’s decision not to provide medicines to hospitals that have delayed in paying for drugs offered for more than three months.
But the National Health Insurance Authority says they have over the years, paid the service providers their claims, except for an outstanding five-month debt, and therefore do not understand why the providers refuse to pay the medicine suppliers for the drugs purchased.
Continuing on Eyewitness News on Tuesday, Mr. Sarpong noted that the Authority is still in action to see to it that members of the Chamber of Pharmacy Ghana receive their money from the service providers.
He, however, gave the assurance that the Authority is working to clear the five-month debt owed the service providers.
The Chamber of Pharmacy earlier served notice that its members will no longer provide medicines to hospitals that have delayed in paying for drugs offered for more than three months.
This, it said, is to forestall any potential repercussions on the companies under the Chamber, from the delayed reimbursement by the National Health Insurance Authority through the Health Service Providers.
In a statement to announce the decision, the Chamber added that it will request payment guarantees before supplying any more medicines to hospitals that require their services.
The Chamber, however, expressed its commitment to provide quality and easy access to medicines at affordable prices for effective and improved healthcare delivery.
Meanwhile, the Health Insurance Service Providers Association of Ghana (HISPAG) has threatened to withdraw some of its services from March 2020 if arrears owed its members by the government through the National Health Insurance Authority are not paid.
Source:Fiilafmonline/CitiNews