NHIS accredits 8 health facilities, delist 4 in Bauchi

The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has accredited eight additional health facilities to provide primary and secondary services in Bauchi State. A statement by the Bauchi State NHIS Coordinator, Sani Garba Affa disclosed that the accredited health facilities include four existing and four new ones.   It informed that the action followed the recent assessment […]

The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has accredited eight additional health facilities to provide primary and secondary services in Bauchi State.

A statement by the Bauchi State NHIS Coordinator, Sani Garba Affa disclosed that the accredited health facilities include four existing and four new ones.

 

It informed that the action followed the recent assessment of NHIS programmes in health care facilities all over the country.

 

According to the statement, the newly accredited healthcare facilities are; 261 Nigeria Air Force Reference Hospital, Nagari Medical Clinic Laboratory and Maternity and As-Salam Hospital all in Bauchi and Katagum Medical Centre, Azare.

 

"The Scheme has also accredited four existing health care facilities for the provision of additional secondary services in key areas of health care needs to complement the range of services being offered earlier and these are; Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, the Bauchi State Specialist Hospital, Reeme Medicare Nigeria Limited all in Bauchi and the Federal Medical Centre, Azare,"it added.

 

The statement noted that the accreditation of the health facilities is to help provide access to scale up quality and affordable health care, increase coverage, and enforce standards, compliance and discipline.

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"In the same vein, the Scheme has delisted four health care facilities over poor performance and non adherence to the minimum standard required.

 

"The facilities are; Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Health Centre, Peoples Clinic Ltd, Alwadata Consultants Hospital and Under 5 Health Centre all in Bauchi," the statement added.

 

The NHIS further informed that the exercise to cleanse the Scheme will continue and warn against violation of its operational guidelines.