April 2017 BusinessDaily; The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) payouts for dialysis is the single largest claims, highlighting the growing cases of kidney ailments among Kenyans. Official records indicate that the State-owned insurer paid hospitals Sh839.9 million in the six months to December, up from Sh139.8 million in a similar …
Read More »KENYA: Healthcare app M-Tiba pays out Sh100m in insurance claims
April 2017 BusinessDaily; Safaricom’s healthcare app M-TIBA has paid out Sh100 million to 350 healthcare facilities in the past seven months, helping to increase access to health services. CarePay and PharmAccess, who are the telco’s partners in the platform, said it had registered 500,000 users and its officials had made …
Read More »KENYA: State insurer pays out Sh1bn for C-section deliveries
April 2017 BusinessDaily; The National Hospital Insurance Fund’s (NHIF) payouts for Caesarean-section operations have for the first time crossed the Sh1 billion mark in a year, highlighting the cost burden of the procedure to insurers. Official records show that 24,492 mothers opted for C-section — a surgical operation to help deliver …
Read More »KENYA: Trouble as dominant HIV testing kits fail crucial WHO test
April 2017 Standardnewspaper; Most of the dominant HIV testing kits used in Kenya and several other African countries have failed crucial thresholds set by the World Health Organisation. Of the eight most widely used HIV Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs), seven of which are pre-qualified by the WHO, only one met …
Read More »KENYA:Sh21b to boost health sector in counties
April 2017 Daily nation; County governments will receive an additional Sh21 billion to improve health care. This follows the signing of an agreement between the Council of Governors, the World Bank and Danida to boost services in the 47 regional governments. The focus over five years will be on reproductive, …
Read More »KENYA:Medical insurers cry foul over huge hospital bills
April 2017 Standardnewspaper; Insurance providers in the medical field have raised alarm over huge losses they incur due to rising cost of claims by health providers. They say high medical bills are eating into their underwriting profits. According to figures from Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA), the sub-sector has for the fourth time …
Read More »KENYA: NHIF pays Sh495m for cancer care
April 2017 DailyNation; The introduction of cancer treatment in government-backed outpatient cover has seen patients access chemotherapy at a cost of Sh495.4 million paid for by the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). NHIF data shows that cancer patients made 7,451 claims for the chemo sessions in the first half of the …
Read More »KENYA: Crisis at Nyeri hospital as theatre is shut due to shortage of nurses
April 2017 DailyNation; Patients seeking surgical services at Nyeri Referral Hospital are being turned away as the facility shuts their main theatre over a shortage of nurses. According to the Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) secretary Beatrice Nduati, the hospital should have six to 10 nurses serving the three …
Read More »KENYA: Health budget at border counties strained as foreigners stream in
April 2017 DailyNation; Patients from neighbouring countries are straining health budgets in counties at Kenya’s borders and now their executives want more money from the national government to take care of the foreigners. To its 850,000 residents, Busia County has an extra 300,000 Ugandans that seek medical care from the …
Read More »KENYA: Doctors in four counties threaten to go on strike
April 2017 DailyNation; Over 400 doctors from four central Kenya counties have vowed to paralyse activities in public hospitals from Thursday over delayed salaries, deplorable state of the facilities and poor staffing. The doctors also accused the government of failing to implement a return-to-work formula that they signed when the …
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