EDITORIAL: Pending NHIF claims risk rural healthcare services

National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) head office. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Rural private hospital operators have run out patience in their push to have the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) pay up Sh5.7 billion in accumulated claims.

According to the Rural Private Hospitals Association of Kenya, they submitted their bills a year ago through the insurer’s e-claims system, which collapsed in August last year.

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