Some card-bearers of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Agona East and Agona West districts of the Central Region, have appealed to the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), to reintroduce the scheme’s collectors system.<\/p>\n
After the NHIS is introduced in some areas, some special collectors were appointed to support in the collection and renewal of cards at various scheme branches in remote communities with a commission.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”4gwUlsKMLGSfQ13RZQFLsglgtVEbz0L2″]Barimah Owusu-Kwarteng, the spokesperson for the NHIS card-bearers in the areas, made the appeal in an interview with the Ghana News Agency after the management of the Agona East and Agona West branches of the NHIA, had organised a two-phased sensitization, registration and renewal programme at Agona-Duakwa.<\/p>\n
He said the reintroduction of the scheme collectors system would immensely help in the collection of clients’ expired cards for renewal to ease the burden of under-staffed branches.<\/p>\n
It would also assist clients, especially farmers in remote communities to renew their cards in good time when they expire, and avoid paying penalties, Barimah Owusu-Kwarteng said.<\/p>\n
He advocated for effective collaboration between scheme managers of the branches and collectors, chiefs, municipal and district assemblies, so that they could together appoint honest, God-fearing, dedicated and committed people to handle the collection.<\/p>\n
Barimah Owusu-Kwarteng said this would help to prevent financial malpractices by prospective collectors, a situation which led to the abolishing of the collection system about 12 years ago, adding that; \u201cif possible, such important duty should be given to assembly members.\u201d<\/p>\n
More than 1,600 clients whose NHIS cards were expired were renewed by officials of the Agona Swedru branch of the scheme.<\/p>\n
Among the beneficiary communities of the programme are Agona Mankrong Junction, Agona Asafo, Agona-Kwasakrom-Zongo, Agona-Nsaba, Agona Mensakrom, Agona Kwanyako and Agona Duakwa.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Some card-bearers of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Agona East and Agona West districts of the Central Region, have appealed to the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), to reintroduce the scheme’s collectors system. After the NHIS is introduced in some areas, some special collectors were appointed to support in the collection and renewal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":245049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[1954,3,1955],"yoast_head":"\n