Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo has called on pharmacists in the country to help government minimise fraud associated with the handling of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
Speaking at the conference of Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana on Wednesday, August 2 held in Kumasi, Mr Osafo Maafo appealed to the pharmacists to help the NHIA device a system to minimise fraud in the procurement of medicines.
He said: "A lot of fraud associated in the handling of the National Health Insurance Scheme. It is so embarrassing when you look at some of these frauds. The relationship between pharmacy shops, patients and doctors in these claims is disturbing.
"And, do help us, because fraud in the administration of drugs associated with the National Health Insurance is one of the major headaches...".
He further indicated that government is committed to paying health insurance claims on time.
"We have cleared a bit of the arrears, and, we will soon be on track," he added.
Source: AccraFM
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THE NHIS HAS TOTALLY DESTROYED THE HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEM IN GHANA. NO NHIS ACCREDITATION AND NO PATIENT COMES TO MY CLINIC. I OBTAINED THE NHIS ACCREDITATION AND MY OPD IS ALWAYS FULL BUT THE NHIS IS BROKE AND CAN'T REIMBURSE ME COURTESY, NDC WHICH ACCUMULATED HUGE DEBT AND HANDED IT OVER TO PREZ AKUFO ADDO TO OVERWHELM HIM. NDC IS A CURSE ON GHANA!!!!!!!!!!!
That's how we've been able to unfold the rot there your NDC were there for eight years, yet they couldn't see the rot and how to combat that. We will do it! Just wait and see. Incompetent opposition party
I THOUGHT COMPETENT NPP ARE AT HELM OF AFFAIRS AT NHIS . NO MORE CORRUPTION. CORRUPTION GOES BEYOND NPP AND NDC. ITS ABOUT GREED IN MANKIND. THAT IS YOU DO NOT FIGHT CORRUPTION LACE PROPAGANDA. TRUST ME, WE HAVE CORRUPT MEN IN NDC AND NPP. DO NOT POINTIFICATE NDC AS CORRUPT AND NPP MEMBERS AND APPOINTEES AS BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF JESUS AND MOHAMMED. STOP THE TALK AND CRACK THE WHIP? OR STILL WAITING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT PROSECUTOR
Ghanaians should ask Sylvester mensah where he got money for his presidential ambition? He has looted the scheme to do campaign for president of Ghana he should be arrested immediately
@ec you are telling the truth.i also experience same last week at a government hospital. i paid ghc30.00 for lab test but was not given a receipt. i complained bitterly but still didn't get the receipt.
Fraud every where in government institutions. I sent my son to the government hospital without NHIS card and they took almost 100gh from various stages without receipts. Got the information too late to go and confront them but this is ridiculous. How can they do lab test for 40gh - no receipt, picking a new card 15gh - no receipt, Drugs issues 25gh - no receipt etc.etc. Infact there is robbery in the system and especially in the government institutions.