NHIA TO LAUNCH NATION-WIDE MOBILE MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL DEC. 19

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The National Health Insurance Authority, NHIA will on the 19th of next month officially launch its Mobile Membership Renewal Service towards easing difficulties existing subscribers go through in renewing their membership. 

The innovation is also part of strategies adopted by the NHIA towards achieving its target of roping in the Health Insurance Scheme every Ghanaian citizen or legal resident by 2020 to propel Ghana towards meeting the United Nations Universal Health Coverage by all member states by the year 2030. 

A Deputy Director of Corporate Affairs of the NHIA, Oswald Essuah-Mensah, made this known in Kumasi at a day’s engagement of journalists, staff of the Information Services Department, representatives of the Ghana Trades Union and the National Commission for Civic Education to brief them on the Mobile Membership Renewal service and other digital initiatives to strengthen the National Health Insurance Scheme. 

The NHIA Deputy Director of Corporate Affairs explained that, following a very successful piloting of the electronic renewal initiative at Asuogyaman in the Eastern region and West Mamprusi in the Upper East region last year, the NHIA considers it imperative to replicate the service across the country to enable subscribers to renew their membership from any geographical location anywhere in the country by removing the barriers that hinder them from promptly updating their membership. 

Mr. Essuah-Mensah noted also, all the three key players in the running of the NHIS, namely the NHIA, Service Operators and Subscribers stand to enjoy enormous benefits, while helping, not only to sustain, but also to improve upon the operations and revenue generations of the Authority.

 For the subscribers in particular, Mr. Essuah-Mensah said, they will no longer travel long distances or spend much money or join long queues which in most cases, demoralize them from renewing their membership. All they need to do now is to dial STAR Eight-Four-Two STAR One-Zero Hash (*842*10#) to access the service without any cost.

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