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NHIA Manager cautions against
underhand issue of doctor's prescriptions
Takoradi Jan.2 -Ghanadot/GNA- Mr Emmanuel Reinford Okyere,
Western Regional Manager of the National Health Insurance
Authority (NHIA), on Wednesday advised clients of the
National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) against privately
contacting doctors and other health personnel to write
prescriptions for them.
Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at
Takoradi, he said it was wrong for clients to use such
prescriptions to collect drugs from accredited pharmacies on
the account of the scheme.
Mr Okyere said the proper thing for clients of the scheme to
do is to go through the hospital system when they are sick
instead of seeing doctors in their homes and offices for
stamped prescriptions.
He said all prescriptions issued on the account of the
scheme should be written at hospitals and endorsed by
qualified health personnel.
Mr. Okyere also advised clients against using expired NHIS
identity card to access health as this amounts to fraud.
He said those caught engaging in this practice would face
appropriate sanctions.
He asked management of district health insurance schemes,
clients and service providers to comply with the relevant
laws and regulations governing the operation of the NHIS.
He said the laws and regulations include NHIS Act 650,
National Health Insurance Regulation 2004 (LI 1809),
Financial Administration Act, Audit Act and acts on
management of funds.
Mr Okyere said the scheme is going to be made more
attractive this year because the schemes, clients and
service providers would be networked.
He said this would shorten the time clients spend at
hospitals and make processing of NHIS identity cards and
claims faster.
GNA
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