Hospitals will no longer receive unlimited reimbursements from the Social Health Authority (SHA), with payments now capped at their licensed bed capacity in reforms aimed at ending fraud and patient crowding.
Health Cabinet Secretary, Aden Duale, announced the policy shift during a two-day National Assembly Health Committee retreat in Mombasa, saying the era of hospitals cramming people on one bed and claiming full reimbursement for the patients has come to an end.
“Up to four patients share a bed in many hospitals, yet the hospital charges SHA for the number of patients,” Mr Duale told healthcare stakeholders, including the Council of Governors and ministry officials, on Wednesday…….
