Rural and Urban Private Hospitals Authority Stories

Crisis looms as Ombudsman gives SHA seven days to settle Sh30bn hospital arrears
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 22, 2025

RUPHA, citing the crippling financial strain, announced that its members would no longer offer credit-based services due to the government's failure t...

Hospitals under RUPHA to suspend SHA services over unpaid bills, system failures
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 20, 2025

With hospitals struggling financially, some have been auctioned, employees have lost their jobs, and doctors are now demanding cash payments before tr...

Less than 50 per cent of healthcare facilities reimbursed by SHA – Report
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jan 06, 2025

The survey, carried out between December 24 and December 31, 2024, reached 243 healthcare facilities across 63 SHA branches.

SHA technical hitches hindering hospital operations, patient services, says Rupha report
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 15, 2024

The report notes that 39 per cent of hospitals did not receive payments from SHA in November, while those that did faced an average 23 per cent reduct...

Survey reveals private hospitals lag in transition to SHA, with only 42 per cent fully adopting
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 10, 2024

Earlier in the week, a survey by the SHA's Engagement Forum revealed ongoing challenges for hospitals in logging into the system, pre-authorising clai...

MPs call for new body to monitor private hospital operations by public doctors
Apollo Ochieng  |  Feb 13, 2024

The National Assembly Departmental Committee on Health says many doctors assigned to public hospitals also run and practise medicine in private instit...

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