The move was an integral part of a comprehensive policy initiative by the Authority to effectively ease the processes of payments, reduce manual manipulations and ultimately reduce the level of corruption associated with claims.

[contextly_sidebar id=”g4vpFhZMUS5waLFR3TS5zlLkySEQxFhF”]Dr. Samuel Annor, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), disclosed this at a stakeholder’s meeting with members of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in Cape Coast on Tuesday.

The meeting was to solicit views on sustainable means of supporting the scheme.

The e-payment system is also to help address customer challenges and inconsistencies associated with the current manual system, and served as a way of blocking leakages in revenue collection.

Dr. Annor explained that, the e-payment system would be implemented after the introduction of Ghana Card which sought to embolden a cashless economy.

“We are working at reforming NHIS provider’s payments, claims submission and e-processing systems to ensure simpler and faster processes with the soon to be introduced Ghana Card with computerisation and investment into the scheme to ensure its sustainability,” he said

Mr Annor said his outfit was working tirelessly to restore integrity in the scheme while introducing more innovative and pragmatic polices to promote and provide affordable healthcare to all.

The NHIA Boss stressed that it was imperative for the nation to give priority to healthcare delivery in order to save lives, noting that poor quality healthcare could lead to loss of avoidable lives in the country.

He contended that since the introduction of the NHIS, life expectancy of Ghanaians had increased from 57 years to 63 years per every 100, 000 lives in less than two decades, which signified the correlation between good healthcare delivery and life expectancy.

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Source: GNA

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The move comes at a time when the scheme is being challenged by threats of boycott by some service providers over delays in payment of their claims.

Speaking at a ceremony to inaugurate the software on Tuesday, the Chief Executive of the NHIA, Nathaniel Otoo said the software will revolutionize the payment system and improve service delivery at health facilities.

“This new application that we are doing takes into account the context of the country so it’s not going to be an only system, online is part of it but we have other means, you can bring the claims on a pen drive. We have very flexible ways in which the claims will be submitted.”

“The benefits of a Claim IT system will be a reduction in the financial cost of claims generation and submission, Reduction in claim errors, improve claims processing turnaround time and reduction in terms of claims storage.”

He said the NHIA had volumes of documents and other information it kept, that require proper storage for subsequent use and reference.

The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Ebenezer Appiah Denkyira who was also at the ceremony described the introduction of the software as a big leap forward in the operations of the scheme in the country.

He expressed optimism the software will help reduce the incident of rejection of NHIS claims from service providers for errors on them.

He said he was confident the new software will tackle the incident of fraud within National Health Insurance system.

“This software will solve a lot of problems. For us it will reduce the number of rejections that come in, which means that form now people will be particular that if you see a patient, you ensure that you submit the right type of claims; not beyond or below and also to ensure that at the level of care you prescribe what is demanded of you. It will always ensure that that gatekeeper system works.”

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This is being done by the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection in collaboration with the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA).

The Minister, Nana Oye Lithur, said it tied in with the drive to make things better for the aged, the poor and the vulnerable.

Her ministry was determined to work hard to promote the health and the welfare of these people. In excess of 300 had been registered, five hours after the start of the exercise in the gold mining town of Obuasi on Tuesday.

Mr Ben Kusi, the NHIA’s Director of Membership and Regional Operations, said over the past three years, a total of 18,000 aged persons and 11,000 prison inmates, had been freely registered for the insurance scheme.

He advised all health insurance cardholders to make sure that they safely kept the cards to enable them to continue to enjoy free care at the point of service delivery.

Mr. Richard Ofori Agyeman Boadi, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), urged the nation to respect and recognize the senior citizens for their sacrifices and contribution to the nation’s development.

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Source: GNA

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