The Anambra State Health Insurance Agency has launched a new standard medical treatment guideline that will help guide the quality of care rendered by different specialists attending to beneficiaries of the scheme.
This was announced by the Managing Director of the agency, Dr. Simeon Onyemaechi during an event in Awka.
During the event, Dr Onyemaechi reiterated the benefits of hospitals submitting their encounter forms and said that at the discretion of the agency, defaulters will suffer serious consequences for failure to comply before the deadline given.
He explained that the guidelines ensure that healthcare providers follow standardized protocols, leading to consistent care across different practitioners and settings.
One of the doctors at the event, Dr Chukwudi Njelita pleaded with the agency to increase their standard and cost of practice in order to ensure that the specialist doctors could provide optimal services to the enrollees.
Responding, the ASHIA Boss noted that the sole aim of health insurance was to ensure that everyone, including the rich and the poor, can access quality health care services at an affordable rate.
He approved a twenty five percent increment in the caesarean section and promised to adjust the rates of other procedures to reflect the current economic situation.
Several other issues and discrepancies were successfully addressed by Dr Onyemaechi at the event.
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