Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) scheme Stories
Oluga said the challenge has left thousands of Kenyans, particularly young people and low-income earners, unable to benefit from SHA because their SIM...
The release of the funds comes after last month, the Kenya Healthcare Federation (KHF) warned that private hospitals across the country would no longe...
MPs raised concerns that Kenyans are struggling to access services despite being registered under the new scheme, citing delays in claims, stalled aut...
The President also said he would soon meet governors and MPs so that they, too, can pay for close to another one million Kenyans.
The President said hospitals opposing verification are essentially trying to protect corrupt practices.
Under the plan, private hospitals will notify patients, their guardians or agents when payments remain outstanding beyond contractual timelines.
Duale rejected claims that the SHA is corrupt, arguing that the very fraud MPs accuse it of is being exposed by the system itself.
The group lauded the decision of the Social Health Authority to suspend several health facilities across various counties, temporarily cutting them of...
COTU boss Francis Atwoli, accused the Ministry of Health and the Digital Health Authority of exercising undue influence over SHA, saying this has crip...
The suspended facilities are spread across 17 counties, with Mandera bearing the highest number at nine.
Dr Oluga noted that some facility operators manipulate the system by temporarily presenting qualified personnel and equipment during inspections to se...
His remarks follow mounting public outcry over revelations that billions of shillings may have been siphoned off to non-existent facilities, while man...
RUPHA says payment delays have forced some hospitals to abandon the Social Health Insurance Fund system and revert to cash-only payments.
The unions, led by the Kenya Medical, Pharmacists and Dentists Union(KMPDU), poked holes at claims made by insurance companies against the management...
Ruto said the challenges he faces are self-imposed, insisting that these difficult decisions are necessary for Kenya’s long-term development.
Leading insurance companies had temporarily suspended services at the hospital, citing a sharp increase in treatment costs that followed the hospital’...
Keprecon Chief Executive Director Fred Were underscored the urgency of investing directly in health systems instead of spending millions on internati...
Nakuru-based activist Dr Magare Gikenyi had filed a petition before the court to invalidate the committee, and Justice Nyakundi granted the orders sou...
Among the affected is the family of a senior government dentist who died treating Covid-19 patients and is still owed Sh29.9 million five years after...
Last month, the hospital announced price hikes of up to 61 per cent on key services such as scans, ultrasounds, and bed charges, citing rising operati...
In Kenya, exclusive breastfeeding rates for infants under six months have stalled at around 60 per cent for the past decade—below the 70 per cent glob...
This follows the announcement by eight leading insurance companies of a temporary suspension of their services at Nairobi Hospital, citing a sharp inc...
The firms involved include Madison Insurance, First Assurance, Minet, Old Mutual, Britam, AAR, CIC, and Pacis Insurance.
Initially introduced in the Senate in February last year by Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot, the Bill seeks to set up a new pension plan for MCAs whil...
The findings come from a joint study by the African Institute for Development Policy and Global Solutions for Diagnostics and Laboratory Systems.
Rural and Urban Private Hospitals Association of Kenya (RUPHA) chair Brian Lishenga urged the government to embrace a hybrid digital health approach t...
Globcare Hospital is expected to offer a wide range of medical services, including a surgical theatre, CT scan, DEXA scan, maternity care, X-ray, dial...
The decision came after a petition filed by some former NHIF workers who wanted the court to intervene and stop a reduction of their salaries followin...
