Over 8,500 hospitals contracted by the defunct National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) will know the status of their outstanding NHIF medical claims within the next three months, as the NHIF pending medical verification committee begins a critical process of validating over Sh30 billion still owed to these facilities.
The review, which will be completed in 90 days, aims to determine the legitimacy of outstanding claims totalling over Sh33 billion that have accumulated over the past two years, including a significant amount owed to the Rural Private Hospitals Association of Kenya (Rupha), which is facing Sh22 billion in outstanding dues.
