DOSSIER: Health Insurance Scheme

Health Insurance Scheme

• NHIA has paid GH¢290 million to service providers in 2021 alone (2021-05-05)
• NHIA pays more claims in 2021 (2021-05-05)
• NHIA hastens investigations into cases of extortions (2021-05-04)
• Ashanti NHIS membership nears 3 million mark (2021-04-23)
• Ghanaians without NHIS card are committing an offence - Dr Dsane-Selby (2021-04-16)
• Report illegal charges at health facilities - NHIA (2021-04-08)
• NHIS subscribers worried about charges at facilities (2021-04-01)
• Diseases like Buruli ulcer, Yaws etc re-emerging in Ashanti Region (2021-03-28)
• NHIA registers family with disability (2021-03-19)
• Find other means of sustaining NHIS – NGOs on Health to Ministry (2021-02-14)
• Akufo-Addo settled all outstanding NHIS debt - Danquah Institute claims (2020-11-25)
• Trobu MP inaugurates Amamorley Health Centre (2020-11-25)
• NDC's free primary healthcare promise only a campaign rhetoric - Danquah Institute (2020-11-25)
• NHIA targets four million active membership nationwide (2020-11-21)
• Private Health Insurance Scheme requires 150% capital adequacy ratio - NHIA (2020-11-17)
• NHIS to enrol four million subscribers (2020-11-11)
• NHIA targets over 438,000 new active membership in Western Region (2020-11-11)
• NHIS targets increasing membership in Hohoe and Kpando (2020-11-11)
• NHIA grants amnesty to NHIS defaulting members (2020-11-10)
• Detailed analysis: How and why NPP scored 56.77% in health on 2020 IMANIFesto (2020-11-10)
• NHIA Chief Executive touts Ghana card and NHIS card merger (2020-11-10)
• Akufo-Addo launches revised National Health Policy (2020-11-03)
• Greater Accra Regional NHIA targets two million new members (2020-10-22)
• NHIA declares operation 4 million new active membership campaign (2020-10-20)
• NHIA pays more claims to healthcare providers (2020-10-02)
• NHIA pays more claims to healthcare providers (2020-10-01)
• John Mahama put NHIA in ICU, Akufo-Addo rescued it - Okoe-Boye (2020-08-22)
• NHIA hasn’t cleared its debts – Chamber of Pharmacy debunks claims (2020-06-19)
• Your environment can change your DNA – Psychologist (2020-06-19)
• Coronavirus: NHIA staff demand shutdown of head office (2020-06-18)
• Over GH¢598 million paid to NHIS service providers as claims (2020-06-17)
• NHIS brouhaha: Striking health staff resume work (2020-04-21)
• Parliament approves formula for disbursement of NHI Fund (2020-04-01)
• Ketu South NHIS second best in Volta Region (2020-03-19)
• Take advantage of the Mobile Renewal System, NHIA urges public (2020-03-19)
• Cerebrospinal meningitis kills 18 persons in Upper West in 3 months (2020-03-17)
• Majority Leader calls for probe into undelivered 200 Ambulances (2020-03-05)
• Sekyere East Health Directorate makes efforts to control Scabies outbreak (2020-03-04)
• Neglected tropical diseases resurfacing in Sunyani West Municipality (2020-03-02)
• NHIS collapsing – Minority (2020-02-28)
• 10,143 children in Hohoe immunised against polio (2020-02-28)
• NHIA lying, no claims paid to us – Private Health facilities (2020-02-26)
• NHIS exceeds revenue target in Upper West Region (2020-02-24)
• Return to ‘cash and carry’ system dangerous, pay NHIS arrears – GMA to govt (2020-02-22)
• GMA appeals to government to pay NHIA debt (2020-02-21)
• GHS warns NHIS service providers against fraud, extortions (2020-02-20)
• NHIS Debt: March, 01 deadline non-negotiable – Private Health facilities remind Akufo-Addo (2020-02-20)
• NHIS service providers to withdraw services in March over monies owed them (2020-02-18)
• Ashaiman Municipality reduces maternal mortality (2020-02-16)
• No MP has received bribe from NHIA – Akandoh (2020-02-14)
• GHS to vaccinate over 2000 kids against Polio under IPV campaign (2020-02-14)
• Pharmaceutical companies halt supply of drugs to hospitals over delayed NHIS payments (2020-02-11)
• Government to support assembling of Phototherapy equipment for Neonatal Jaundice (2020-02-04)
• NGO to establish Cancer Registry in Ghana (2020-02-04)
• Vaccinate adolescents against cervical cancer (2020-02-04)
• Lassa fever outbreak kills dozens in Nigeria (2020-01-27)
• Ghana tightens border as Cote D'Ivoire records suspected Coronavirus (2020-01-27)
• Year-old Cameroonian twins return home after separation surgery in France (2020-01-26)
• Data on population comprehensive, robust - NIA (2020-01-20)
• Pantang Hospital runs out of patience over infrastructure (2020-01-19)
• Mental Health Authority to push for levy this year (2020-01-19)
• Hundreds of pregnant women in Upper West have no access to ultrasound scan (2020-01-12)
• Detained nursing mother breaks down in tears at Tema General Hospital (2020-01-06)
• Nkosuohene provides free NHIS registration for Suhum Kwahyia community (2020-01-05)
• Residents of Akatsi South benefit from free health screening (2019-12-29)
• Over 600 Physician Assistant graduates denied their certificates (2019-12-25)
• Health insurance must be compulsory - CEO (2019-12-24)
• NHIA partners NIA to register more citizens onto Ghana Card (2019-12-22)
• NHIS reveals number of active members (2019-12-21)
• NHIA suspends 2 health facilities for forging financial claims (2019-12-20)
• Brain Aneurysm on the rise in Ghana - Radiologist reveals (2019-12-20)
• Gov’t urged to establish an Immunisation Fund (2019-12-20)
• Health Minister appeals to inducted Physicians to accept rural postings (2019-12-20)
• GHC1.2 bn NHIS legacy debt settled – Akufo-Addo (2019-12-16)
• Five million renew NHIS on mobile phone (2019-12-16)
• Cash and carry returns from December 16 (2019-12-12)
• Cash and carry looms as Private Health Facilities demand arrears from NHIA (2019-12-12)
• ‘Use research to impact health delivery’ (2019-12-05)
• Four in five teenagers not doing enough exercise, WHO reveals the reason (2019-11-22)
• Beafad foundation registers 200 pupils of Yonguase M/A Basic School onto NHIS (2019-11-09)
• I've fixed Kufuor's NHIS which Mahama 'ruined' – Akufo-Addo (2019-11-07)
• NPP has revived NHIS ruined by NDC governments – Akufo Addo (2019-11-07)
• Civil servants take advantage of NHIS Special Registration (2019-11-06)
• NHIS back to life - Akufo-Addo (2019-11-01)
• NHIS urged to review prices of breast cancer medicines (2019-10-22)
• Mahama to review, strengthen NHIS (2019-10-22)
• NDC will find new source of funding for NHIS – Mahama (2019-10-21)
• Pressure on NHIS as private insurance subscribers ‘crawl’ at less than 1% (2019-09-19)
• Geneticist rallies support for cancer treatment among children (2019-08-27)
• NHIS mobile renewal platform records over 4,000 in a week (2019-08-24)
• SEND-Ghana engages stakeholders on indigent NHIS registration (2019-08-24)
• Include mental disorders in NHIS – Pantang Hospital Director to gov’t (2019-08-15)
• Private Health providers threaten court action over NHIA debt (2019-08-07)
• GMA demands payment of debts NHIA owes health facilities (2019-07-29)
• NHIS: Add Hepatitis - Dr Adwoa Agyei-Nkansah (2019-07-25)
• Mobile-based renewal application system impacting on NHIS (2019-07-10)
• Mobile-based renewal application system impacting on NHIS (2019-07-10)
• Eric Opoku slams Akufo-Addo over ‘struggling’ NHIS (2019-07-07)
• Public advised to get NHIA handbook to clear misconceptions (2019-06-28)
• Private Healthcare service providers demand arrears from NHIA (2019-06-18)
• We’ve no certificates 2 years after school – Kintampo College of Health grads (2019-06-14)
• GHS bans personnel from use of social media during working hours (2019-06-14)
• Two nurses facing disciplinary action over death of 70-year-old man (2019-06-11)
• Government reforms NHIS (2019-06-11)
• 29-year-old man; 10 others 'discharged but in' at the Ho Teaching Hospital for non-payment of bills (2019-06-06)
• Ketu South Hospital officials accused of extorting money from patients under NHIS (2019-05-24)
• Health Ministry to increase NHIS tariffs by 20% this year (2019-05-16)
• Government denies wrongdoing in NHIA’s investment in All Time Capital (2019-04-17)
• NDC is being disingenuous with NHIS collapsing claims - Dep. Minister (2019-04-17)
• NHIS is collapsing - NDC (2019-04-17)
• NDC exposed over NHIA investment (2019-04-16)
• Mahama authorized NHIA investment in All Time-Capital - Report (2019-04-16)
• NDC’s claims Ghanaians are losing confidence in NHIS false – Government (2019-04-16)
• NHIS better under NPP; claims payment time drops to 5 months (2019-04-16)
• NHIA not collapsing; NDC claims mischievous – Government (2019-04-16)
• NDC accuses government of diverting NHIS’ GHC17m into private investment company (2019-04-15)
• 70,000 NHIS renewals via mobile phones weekly – Bawumia (2019-04-03)
• Parliament must find solutions to NHIA’s struggles – Majority Leader (2019-03-30)
• National Health Insurance fund was never invested in Menzgold - Report (2019-03-30)
• Health workers kick against GHS-proposed insurance premium (2019-02-28)
• National Health Insurance Authority boss leaves office (2019-02-15)
• NHIS Online renewal embraced in Agona East and West (2019-02-06)
• Eastern Regional Hospital lose GHC350k to ‘runaway' patients (2019-02-03)
• NHIS proposes 20% tariff increment (2019-02-01)
• Ghanaian doctors abroad coming home (2019-01-30)
• Government partners Novartis to battle Sickle Cell Disease (2019-01-27)
• NHIA CEO ordered to leave office (2019-01-25)
• Korle Bu gets new SAL 6000 analyser to boost efficiency, quality patient care (2019-01-23)
• New health insurance levy will overburden citizens - Stakeholders (2019-01-21)
• Health outreach programme for Zongos launched (2019-01-15)
• UG Learning Centre screens residents, plant trees to mark anniversary (2019-01-15)
• NGO promotes maternal, infant health (2019-01-15)
• Noguchi builds capacities of lab technicians, others in disease diagnosis (2019-01-10)
• Sinapi Aba raises GHC60,000 for KATH Mother and Child Unit (2019-01-07)
• FDA destroys expired products worth over GHC40,000 (2018-12-26)
• ‘Choose Iron Health Campaign’ to create awareness on iron deficiency (2018-12-25)
• Ghana uses data to accelerate health for all - Report (2018-12-22)
• Obstetric Fistula not a curse against women, but a health condition - Ghanaians told (2018-12-21)
• NHIS won’t fail – Bawumia (2018-12-20)
• Bawumia launches mobile renewal and E- receipts for NHIS (2018-12-20)
• Aduamoamankuo in New York donates to Aduamoa Health Centre (2018-12-19)
• Condoms can't fight cervical cancer - Health Expert (2018-12-17)
• Police express worry over tramadol abuse (2018-12-16)
• Invest more in Malaria prevention - Government told (2018-12-14)
• NHIA rolls out mobile renewal of health insurance scheme to improve operations (2018-12-14)
• Upper East celebrates relief as NHIA unveils membership renewal through mobile phones (2018-12-12)
• Stop the empty noise on the Zipline drone agreement – Lecturer tells IMANI Boss (2018-12-11)
• Dr Anyah named Ghana’s most respected CEO (2018-12-11)
• Kasapreko receives food safety certification (2018-12-10)
• Nana Addo to launch NHIS mobile renewal policy in 2019 (2018-12-06)
• Drones for medical supply - FAQS (2018-12-06)
• Ghana Health Service gives full details of drone health service delivery system (2018-12-05)
• Ernest Chemists supports Kwahu Government Hospital (2018-12-04)
• Ashanti Regional health officials worried about high HIV rate in the region (2018-12-03)
• Adolescents living with HIV; to disclose or not? (2018-12-03)
• Don’t use unavailability of drugs to exploit NHIS member - NHIA to service providers (2018-11-30)
• NHIA rolls out membership renewal app next month (2018-11-28)
• Medical and Dental Council cannot be compromised - Registrar (2018-11-28)
• NHIA to use mobile technology to improve services (2018-11-27)
• Group launches programme on adolescent health (2018-11-26)
• I’m not gay – Kumasi SHS Assistant Head denies sodomy allegations (2018-11-26)
• I’m not gay – Kumasi SHS Assistant Head denies sodomy allegations (2018-11-26)
• NHIA introduces mobile MTN, Vodafone shortcode for NHIS renewal and authentication (2018-11-24)
• Adwinsa Publications launch book on Tramadol (2018-11-24)
• GACA campaign yielding results - Department of Children (2018-11-24)
• NHIA ups measures to achieve Universal Health Care (2018-11-23)
• Quarter of drivers test positive for glaucoma - DVLA (2018-11-23)
• ‘Prioritise food safety to reduce food borne diseases’ - Matilda Steiner-Asiedu (2018-11-22)
• Codeine cough syrups banned; access to Tramadol restricted (2018-11-22)
• People undergo free surgery in Tamale (2018-11-19)
• Agreement for UK’s NHS to pass along migrant information to the Home Office shredded after legal challenges (2018-11-19)
• Rabito Clinic expands to Dansoman (2018-11-19)
• ‘Handle preterm babies with special care’ - Dr Dora Dapaah (2018-11-18)
• ECOWAS conference on blood transfusion opens in Accra (2018-11-18)
• 36 communities to benefit from rural water, sanitation project (2018-11-18)
• GCGL organizes diabetes screening for staff (2018-11-16)
• Stray dogs bite 5 children in Keta (2018-11-15)
• MoH to meet mortuary workers over intended strike on Wednesday (2018-11-12)
• Registry captures 434 births within one-week in Afram Plains (2018-11-12)
• Veep joins Nalerigu Baptist Medical Centre to celebrate 60 years of quality health care (2018-11-12)
• Stakeholders in WASH calls for effective private sector involvement (2018-11-12)
• Government considering automatic transfer of funds into NHIA account – Bawumia (2018-11-10)
• GHC1.2bn NHIS debt inherited from NDC fully paid off’ – Bawumia (2018-11-09)
• 15 percent of Kumasi residents engage in open defecation - KMA (2018-11-09)
• Remove barriers on herbal medicine registration - Oppong-Nkrumah to CPMR (2018-11-08)
• Cervical cancer: 5 signs never to ignore (2018-11-04)
• Drug shortage not caused by non-payment of claims – NHIS (2018-11-04)
• UK Charity holds campaign on mental health in Ghana (2018-11-03)
• NHIS to begin restricted universal healthcare (2018-11-02)
• ‘Don’t give palm oil to children to induce vomiting’ - Parents warned (2018-11-02)
• 4,000 vulnerable persons in Ningo-Prampram sign onto NHIS (2018-10-30)
• Stroke can be reversed within 3 hours after attack (2018-10-29)
• ‘Know sickle cell status before choosing partners’ - Ghanaians told (2018-10-11)
• Mental Health Week 2018 launched in Accra (2018-10-08)
• Korle Bu records 400 breast cancer cases annually (2018-10-05)
• Maternal deaths up in Sekondi and Takoradi (2018-10-05)
• Engage experts to shed light on sexual and reproductive health issues - Journalists told (2018-10-04)
• GHS supervises more abortion cases in 2017 (2018-10-04)
• 25 African journalists trained on SRHR in Accra (2018-10-03)
• 54 babies die at Sunyani Hospital due to lack of incubators - Dr. Kofi Amponsah (2018-10-01)
• Health Ministry increases prices of NHIA medicines (2018-09-27)
• Don’t disclose patients’ illnesses to third parties - KATH CEO (2018-09-24)
• Ministry of Health drafts bill to regulate blood transfusion services (2018-09-24)
• Rotary PolioPlus, MPA sign pact to end polio (2018-09-22)
• ‘Shisha smoking dangerous to the heart’ - Dr. Lawrence Sereboe (2018-09-22)
• Bongo District Hospital praised for sound referral system (2018-09-22)
• Man deliberately infects two women with HIV (2018-09-22)
• NHIS still covers minor dressing, suturing – NHIS (2018-09-18)
• NHIA to go electronic with NHIS card renewal (2018-09-17)
• ‘Government committed to health sensitisation campaign’ - Hajia Alima Mahama (2018-09-17)
• Cataract patients to undergo free surgery (2018-09-17)
• Pay health professionals posted to villages more – Medical Council Chairman (2018-09-17)
• I am not moving an inch! - Ex-MoH PRO defies ‘orchestrated’ sack (2018-09-12)
• Make room for nursing mothers to breastfeed – First Lady (2018-09-12)
• First Doctor of Pharmacy graduates inducted (2018-09-01)
• Mortality rate drops at KATH (2018-08-30)
• TMA’s manhole spills faeces on Tema’s downtown street (2018-08-30)
• NHIA pushes for severe punishment for the Scheme’s fraudsters (2018-08-28)
• Dr. Asare heads Korle Bu Hospital (2018-08-28)
• Suspected quack doctor, 59, arrested (2018-08-27)
• 7 early warnings of disease that most women ignore (2018-08-27)
• Two dead in the Eastern Region after consuming puffer fish (2018-08-25)
• Saltpond benefits from NPP Loyal Ladies health care (2018-08-25)
• Ghana records 2 cases of Dengue Fever in 2 children (2018-08-24)
• Don’t give palm oil as first aid for poisoning – Doctor warns (2018-08-20)
• Government to build 21 hospitals to tackle ‘health crisis’ - Health Minister (2018-08-18)
• Health Minister teases Ajumako NDC Youth over stone-pelting incidence (2018-08-17)
• Over 500 women to undergo breast cancer screening in Ghana (2018-08-16)
• We will improve NHIS coverage for prisoners – Nana Addo (2018-08-10)
• Access Bank Ghana to sponsor surgeries on fistula patients (2018-08-08)
• NPP youth wing ‘shakes’ Ada (2018-08-06)
• NHIS enrolment increases in Upper West Region (2018-08-05)
• State Housing Company to build 100 affordable houses in Kumasi (2018-07-30)
• No room for failure; NHIS must succeed – Sylvester Mensah (2018-07-25)
• Service providers threaten ‘cash and carry’ over NHIS medicine price-list (2018-07-21)
• I did not receive any payment from NHIA – Adwoa Safo (2018-07-20)
• I requested for $8,500 from NHIA for US training trip – Adwoa Safo (2018-07-20)
• Doctor fallouts hit Bolgatanga Regional Hospital (2018-07-20)
• I requested for $8,500 from NHIA for US training trip – Adwoa Safo (2018-07-19)
• NHIA did not finance my $8,500 US training – Adwoa Safo (2018-07-19)
• Increase health insurance levy to 3.5 per cent – Dr Samuel Annor (2018-07-17)
• Don’t cry for funds; engage private sector – Casely Hayford to NHIA (2018-07-15)
• NHIS sustenance key – Chief Imam (2018-07-13)
• Increasing NHIS funds key to national development - Chief Imam (2018-07-12)
• No-bed syndrome: Release emergency funds to hospitals – Minority to Government (2018-07-12)
• Akrodie nurses forced to use mobile phone lights for deliveries (2018-07-11)
• Too much pressure on Korle-Bu, don’t treat minor ailments – Minister (2018-07-11)
• Northern Regional NHIA organises blood donation exercise (2018-07-09)
• UNICEF supports Ghana Health Service with 230 computer tablets (2018-07-09)
• Global snakebite statistics shocking – Kofi Annan (2018-07-03)
• Global snakebite statistics shocking – Kofi Annan (2018-07-03)
• Maamobi General Hospital has no bed at emergency unit (2018-06-27)
• NHIS has run out of funds – Dr Samuel Annor (2018-06-27)
• Psychiatric patients might storm Parliament – Akwasi Osei (2018-06-26)
• Highly punitive measures await defrauders of NHIS - Dr Annor (2018-06-25)
• Report on ‘no-bed syndrome’ probe to be ready July 6 – GHS (2018-06-25)
• Stop or resign - GHS to doctors using working hours for private practices (2018-06-25)
• Psychiatric patients may troop to Parliament if funds are not released – Dr Akwasi Osei (2018-06-24)
• Doctor jailed 10 years for defrauding NHIS (2018-06-22)
• First Lady calls for stronger partnerships for improved healthcare (2018-06-13)
• National maternal, child health and nutrition conference opens (2018-06-13)
• GHS holds joint dissemination workshop on Ghana’s Micronutrient Survey (2018-06-08)
• Demand better services from doctors - Patients told (2018-06-04)
• IPV Immunization kick-starts in Eastern Region (2018-06-02)
• Increase ‘sin tax’ to augment NHIS – Philips Africa CEO (2018-06-01)
• Dr Obeng-Andoh, cleaner remanded over the death of Stacy Offei Darko (2018-05-30)
• Upper West Regional hospital 90 percent complete - Minister (2018-05-30)
• Use part of petroleum levy to fund NHIS - Service providers to government (2018-05-23)
• Mother fights radio station over ‘missing’ surgery donations (2018-05-21)
• Provide NHIS schemes with adequate working materials (2018-05-15)
• Intravenous infusion company calls on NHIS to pay GHC10m debt (2018-05-05)
• Ghana to pilot world's first malaria vaccine (2018-04-25)
• Nations builders corps: It won’t be by force – MoH to Nurses (2018-04-25)
• Health Minister launches African vaccination week (2018-04-24)
• Minority jabs Akufo-Addo over claims of GHC1 billion NHIS debt payment (2018-04-24)
• Private clinics dispute Akufo-Addo over NHIS debt clearance claim (2018-04-23)
• NHIS Debt: Nothing has been paid – Service providers contradict Akufo-Addo (2018-04-23)
• NHIA to include family planning services on pilot basis (2018-04-23)
• 98% of NHIS debt paid – Bawumia insists (2018-04-23)
• NHIS workers pledge to hard work to achieve objectives (2018-04-14)
• St Gregory Hospital welcomes probe into death of nine-week-old baby (2018-04-13)
• Sue ‘oxygen doctor’ – Amnesty International seeks justice for 9-week-old baby (2018-04-13)
• Kasoa baby death: Prosecute ‘oxygen doctor’ – Human Rights Advocacy Centre (2018-04-13)
• Journalist receives death threats after exposing doctor who cut oxygen supply to baby (2018-04-12)
• Kasoa baby death: My wife almost went mad – Man reveals (2018-04-12)
• Nii Lantey Vanderpuye meets management of Princess Marie Louise Children’s Hospital (2018-04-12)
• Child Rights International seek justice for dead 9-week-old baby (2018-04-12)
• Obiri Boahen to sue ‘oxygen doctor’ (2018-04-12)
• Baby's dad brought GHS533 bill 2hours after Doctor cut oxygen (2018-04-11)
• Lawyer to sue St. Gregory Hospital over nine-week-old baby's death (2018-04-11)
• Baby dies as doctor cuts oxygen supply over nonpayment of GHC533 bill (2018-04-11)
• 9-week-old baby dies after Doctor cuts oxygen over GHS533 (2018-04-11)
• Pulling oxygen mask from patient 'unacceptable' - GHS probes baby’s death (2018-04-11)
• Cash and carry to return to hospitals soon – CDD warns (2018-03-21)
• Jail NHIS fund looters, fines too lenient – NHIA CEO (2018-02-20)
• Upper East NHIS unable to print cards over shortage of ribbon papers (2018-02-02)
• Group calls for NHIS cover for unsafe abortion (2017-10-24)
• NHIA card to 'work' again in 2019 - Akufo-Addo (2017-06-12)
• NHIS Service providers’ threat 'surprising' – Health Minister (2017-05-04)
• Government lazy, incompetent in handling NHIS arrears - NDC MP (2017-05-04)
• NHIS on time bomb - Health Minister rings alarm bells (2017-04-21)
• Vodafone saved my son - Father of 'Healthline' beneficiary (2017-04-20)
• Vodafone saved my son - Father of health line beneficiary (2017-04-20)
• Promise to clear NHIS arrears mere rhetoric - Private Health Providers (2017-04-20)
• NHIS staff want one of their own as head (2017-02-26)
• Transformation of pharmaceutical manufacturing industry in Ghana (2017-02-10)
• Sunyani NHIS battles with alarming free poor registration (2016-12-08)
• Senegalese delegation in Ghana to understudy NHIS (2016-11-02)