On Saturday, CS Susan Nakhumicha, unveiled a government initiative to create a thorough strategy to improve maternity care services under the new Social Health Insurance Fund.The Cabinet Secretary states that the goal of this package is to offer comprehensive coverage for a range of maternity-related services.
Prenatal and postnatal care, as well as deliveries via caesarean section and other standard means, will also be covered by the new insurance fund.
“We have a comprehensive maternity package where we are covering delivery, whether normal or cesarean section delivery, we are covering antenatal and postnatal care,” CS Nakhumicha stated.
Nakhumicha explained that improvements were made to the benefits package provided by SHIF compared to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) at the time.
The increase in maternity service fees is one of the most noteworthy developments. In comparison to what NHIF was delivering, what benefit package does SHA offer? For instance, Ksh5,000 was received through standard delivery under the NHIF in public facilities.
The Tariff was that. That has been increased from Ksh5,000 to Ksh11,200 under SHIF," Nakhumicha clarified.Furthermore, the CS states that there will be a significant rise in reimbursement for caesarean section deliveries.
Facilities received Ksh17,000 under the NHIF for each caesarean section. Under SHIF, this amount has been increased dramatically to Ksh 32,000.
"A caesarean section was being performed and facilities were being paid for under the NHIF. We were paying Ksh17,000 for it, but as of right now, we have increased it to Ksh32,000,” the CS declared.
The modifications are part of a larger government initiative to improve the standard of maternity healthcare and guarantee that facilities receive fair compensation for the services they render, according to a directive from the Ministry of Health.
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