The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has suspended the capitation programme in the Ashanti region with effect from August 1, 2017. The NHIA has said its board shall undertake a thorough review of the whole Capitation Payment Mechanism and processes and will inform the public of the way forward after the detailed review is completed. … Read more
A former Deputy Communications Minister, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has described the notion by Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Mafo that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government introduced the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) capitation grant in the Ashanti Region to jeopardize the health status of the people living there as inciting and unacceptable. “It does not … Read more
The Upper East Regional Branch of the National Health Insurance Scheme has fully rolled out capitation in the 13 districts of the region. Capitation is an alternative payment method that pre-determined fixed rate of monies paid in advanced to service providers to provide a defined set of services for each individual enrolled with the provider … Read more