Private doctors to revert to cash and carry if…

Members of the Society of Private Medical and Dental Practitioners of Ghana have given the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) a two weeks ultimatum to pay their six months outstanding claims or they would turn down patients with

NHIA cards.
The president of the society, Dr Kwasi Odoi-Agyarko, said logistics of the 300 private hospitals under the scheme could only last for a week and would, therefore, not risk continuing to pre-finance.
He told a press conference in Kumasi on Sunday that much as it was against their wish to exacerbate the already precarious situation of patients following the nation-wide strike action by the Ghana Medical Association, it would have no choice to revert to the cash and carry regime if
the NHIA failed to honour its part of the contract.
The society said it has lost faith in government because of its apparent inconsistency in dealing with them.
“Low tariffs for services and medicines paid by the NHIA may be acceptable to public sector facilities because the majority of their overheads are borne by the government.

Source: ghanaweb