Health

Accra, Ghana – Dangbe West District Office of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on Wednesday 18th November, 2020 mounted a two day mass membership mobilization exercise at the Old Ningo lorry station. The exercise was in tandem with the official launch of Phase three of the Ghana Luxembourg Social …

Accra, Ghana – The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) is putting up innovative strategies to brighten the future for recognized Private Health Insurance Scheme Operators in Ghana. According to the Authority’s Board Chair, Professor Yaw Adu-Gyamfi, the pivotal role of private health insurers on the path to Universal Health Coverage …

Accra, Ghana – The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has waived the mandatory one month waiting period for first-term registrants and defaulters of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) starting from 9th to 15th November 2020. By this amnesty, they can immediately within the one week period use their cards …

Accra, Ghana – Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says merging the Ghana Card and the National Health Insurance Card is to ensure that people receive comprehensive healthcare ranging from promotion and prevention to treatment in line with the Primary Health Care (PHC) values. Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby …

Tamale, Ghana – The Concerned Youth Groups of Northern Ghana, an amalgamation of eight different youth groups in Northern Ghana, is accusing management of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) of deliberately trying to undo the gains chalked in recent years under the previous administration of Dr. David Zaawumya Kolbilla. CYGNG …

Accra, Ghana – As plans are afoot to celebrate the National Health Insurance Scheme’s (NHIS) Week under the theme, “NHIS: Leaving no one behind,” the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) targets four (4) million more active membership in the month of November 2020. In this regard, the Scheme’s Regional and …

In furtherance to the government’s push for attainment of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030, the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has added a Specialist Anti-Breast Cancer Drug, (Herceptin) to the National Health Insurance Scheme’s (NHIS) Medicines list, elevating Ghana as the first country in the Sub-Saharan African Region, to …

Accra, Ghana – In the latest rankings by the ratio of Mobile Renewals to total active membership for September 2020, Bongo District in the Upper East Region dominated with 7.3% followed by Atebubu District in the Bono East Region and Ejisu-Juaben District in the Ashanti with a draw of 7.1%. …

Accra, Ghana – The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has made the most recent Claims payment to 4,292 credentialed healthcare providers and this brings the total to GHs 1,071,326,884.61, since January 2020. Of the total amount paid including withholding tax, Public healthcare providers have received GHs 565,172,987.24 representing 52.8 percent …

Accra, Ghana – President of the Private Health Facilities Association Ghana, Mr. Donkor Boakye Samuel has lauded the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA’s) latest rapid Claims Payments. Speaking in an interview on the sidelines after a meeting with Executive Management at the NHIA Head Office in Accra, he remarked, “NHIA …