#UHC4PHC: Mohammed Usman, the Executive Secretary of Niger State Contributory Health Scheme addressing senior executive of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies study tour team course 41 in Minna, the state capital.The Niger State Government says it will not engage Health Management Organisations in its newly established State Contributory Health Scheme .
“Everything is going digital and electronic. All we need to do is to send money directly to the accounts of the service providers. If we use HMOs, they will demand commission, that is why we are removing them in the public sector but engaging them in another way,” Mr Makusidi said. However, HMOs have allegedly not kept to that arrangement as service providers’ are unable to deliver adequate care.Leadership newspaper reported three months ago that the bill establishing the Niger State Contributory Health Agency and the Scheme was passed into law last December and was signed by the governor, Abubakar Bello, with a takeoff fund of N100 million.
Mohammed Usman, the Executive Secretary of the agency, said the scheme is mandatory for all indigenes of the state. While the bill, which comprises of nine parts and 80 sections, makes health insurance mandatory for all Nigeria, it also makes the engagement of HMOs optional.PREMIUM TIMES reported how health experts agreed that health insurance should be made compulsory for Nigeria to achieve Universal Health Coverage during the first phase of the NIPSS study tour in Abuja.
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