The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) is incurring losses as most members accounts are dormant. Mr Nguyai noted that the insurance scheme has registered 10.4 million families representing 24 million Kenyans but only 5.1 million families are active. NHIF has been hit by fraudulent claims of people using fake identities to seek medical care and hospitals processing false claims. Hospitals have up to July 11 to switch to an e-claim processing system and NHIF members will need to be registered under biometrics to access their cover. He said that they will soon fully launch the e-claim system to help fight the manufacturing of claims by some institutions.

Source: Standard Digital July 05, 2021 13:07 UTC