During his recent Kakamega speech, Kenyan President William Ruto denied the Auditor General’s findings which questioned authorities about more than Sh100 billion spent through the Social Health Authority (SHA) system.
The government will pay exclusively for delivered healthcare services while rejecting all fraudulent claims.
According to President Ruto the Social Health Authority system was created to stop fraudulent claims which previously affected the National Health Insurance Fund because it no longer exists. The statement highlighted that fraudulent claims got hold of approximately 40% of all funds collected by NHIF.
The President declared that SHA would work as a fee-for-service payment system to establish proper healthcare payment accountability. Under SHA hospitals will receive compensation based on the services they deliver whereas NHIF had made unaccountable distributions in the past.
The President emphasized that opponents of the system were people who gained from corrupt activities under NHIF while resisting transparent practices. He stressed that the government would not support a vulnerable payment system which allowed exploitation so the SHA system will operate with a fee-for-service model for healthcare payment accountability.
The President delivered these comments as stakeholders question the new health payment method because of their worries about operational transparency and the uncertain future of hospitals that depended on NHIF money.
The SHA system demonstrates Kenya’s government dedication to healthcare financing transformation alongside the establishment of effective public fund utilization for citizens’ improvement.
The government works to develop healthcare transparency and accountability through correction of past inefficiencies and fraudulent practices.
