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There are multiple provider payment methods in the Ghanaian health system. National Health Insurance provider payment methods are the most recent additions. At the time of the study, the methods used nationwide were the Ghana Diagnostic Related Groupings payment for services and an itemized and stand...
The Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was established in 2003, Act, 2003 (Act 650), but was later replaced with the National Health Insurance Act, 2012 (Act 852) to get rid of the then “cash and carry” system of paying for healthcare. The aim of the scheme was to redu...
Despite improvements in a number of health outcome indicators partly due to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Ghana is unlikely to attain all its health-related millennium development goals before the end of 2015. Inefficient use of available limited resources has been cited as a contri...
health service delivery points. The ‘user-fees’ started in 1969 under the Hospital Fees Decree which later amended to Hospital Fees Act in 1971. Most Ghanaians and persons’ resident in Ghana complained of the ‘user-fees’ as unfriendly and that they did not promote equity in health care...
National Identity Authority (NIA) announces the opening of the Premium Centre for Foreigner IdentificationManagement System (FIMS) Registration, managed by VFS Global. Experience the ease of applying for a non-citizen IDcard in the plush ambience of the Premium Centre which provides personalised servic...
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Close to 20 million people gained health insurance after the Affordable Care Act was enacted, either through the Medicaid expansion or as a result of its marketplace subsidies for individuals below 400% of poverty. So, it follows that if the ACA were overturned, their health coverage would be...
On Friday, Kenya, Guinea and Ethiopia reported their first cases, while Gabon and Ghana did so late Thursday. Sudan also reported its first case, a person who had already died. Experts warn that on the booming continent of more than 1.3 billion people, containment is key as Africa's alread...