NHIS NOT COLLAPSED-DPTY MOH

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The Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Victor Bampoe says although the National Health Insurance Scheme is bedeviled with a number of challenges ranging from financial to technical, operational and managerial inefficiencies, it has not collapsed as being perceived by a cross-section of the public. 

According to him, Government recognizes the need to critically assess the framework of the NHIS policy to fine-tune it for enhanced healthcare delivery. 

It is in this regard that the National Health Insurance Technical Review Committee was constituted to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the Scheme and suggest realistic inputs for onward scrutiny and approval by Cabinet.

 This according to Dr. Bampoe would ultimately reshape and restore confidence in the scheme as a critical national social protection policy.

 He has therefore implored all actors along the health delivery chain including the Christian Health Association of Ghana to complement government efforts aimed at restructuring the scheme for the benefit of the entire nation. 

The Deputy Minister of Health made these remarks at the opening of the 48th Annual Conference of the Christian Health Association of Ghana, CHAG in Kumasi. Our reporter Kofi Saarkwah has the rest of the story.
                                                 
The 3-day conference is being attended by over 300 delegates from across the country under the theme; “Financial Sustainability of CHAG at all levels, How Can We Do Things Differently?”. 

Deputy Health Minister, Dr. Victor Bampoe commended the Christian Health Association of Ghana for sticking to core Christian values over the years to deliver quality healthcare to the citizenry especially during industrial actions by the Ghana Medical Association among other health workers.

He assured also that Government would continue to make the required investments into the NHIS to maintain its status as one of the most efficient health delivery systems in the West Africa sub-region and beyond.  
                                              
The Executive Director of CHAG, Peter Yeboah emphasized that government’s recent withdrawal of subsidies on utility bills, the delay in payment of NHIS claims as well as the continued decrease in technical and financial donor support has adversely affected the operational capacities of member health facilities.                                             

In a keynote address, a former General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Reverend Dr. Fred Deegbe highlighted four thematic areas required by CHAG to positively influence their financial sustainability drive.

 They are income diversification of operations, sound financial administration, effective team management and re-orientation of member health facilities from not-for-profit to not-for-loss organizations.

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