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Sylvester Mensah, CEO of NHIA
Sylvester Mensah, CEO of NHIA

Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Sylvester A. Mensah, has revealed that findings in the just released Auditor-General?s report largely pre-dated his tenure as Chief Executive of the NHIA.

Sylvester Mensah, CEO of NHIA
Sylvester Mensah, CEO of NHIA

He said he inherited an NHIS that was fraught with a lot of operational and administrative inefficiencies.

Mr Mensah made the comment while responding to the 2012 Auditor-General?s report which covered the 2008 and 2009 operations of the NHIS on?Citi FM?on Tuesday.

According to him, ?the scheme under the NDC regime has seen tremendous growth in all its key performance indicators? adding that the NHIS has since experienced radical reforms making the scheme today significantly different with improved systems, structures, and strategies that delivers higher efficiency levels.

The Auditor-General?s report dated 2012 covered the financial and operational accounts of all public institutions in the country, from the period 2008 to 2012.

However, what was captured for the NHIS spanned the period 2008 to 2009.

Mr Mensah disclosed that ?there had never been a risk assessment of the scheme till late 2009? when he assumed office alluding to the fact that the first ever risk evaluation of the health insurance scheme was initiated by him in 2009.

Risk assessment is said to be critical and routine for any insurance scheme as it consists of an objective evaluation of inherent risks and hazards in the operations of an organization or business concern.

It provides a focused basis for mitigating such risks through deliberate strategies.

Source: Citifmonline.com

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