NHIA honours hardworking staff

The ceremony, which was also used to thank God for bringing the NHIS thus, is expected to serve as the begining of an annual tradition of giving thanks to God.

Award winners 

Among staff of the authority who were rewarded were the Deputy Chief Executive in charge of operations, Mr Nathaniel Otoo; Director of Claims, Dr Lydia Baba Dsane–Selby; Director of Management Information Systems, Mr Edward Perregrino Nelson, and Director of Internal Audit, Dr Gustav Nii Lante Cruickshank.

Other deputy directors, including Mr Thomas Adoboe, Mr Rudolf Zimmerman, Ms Vivian Addo-Cobbiah, Mr Stephen Bewong,  Dr Francis Kofi Asenso-Boadi, Mr Nicholas Afram Osei, Mr Raphael Segkpeb and Mr Washington Komla Darke, were also recognised for their hard work.

The rest were Mr Harold Kalevor and Mr Joseph Akuerteh Tettey, Scheme Managers; Ms Cynthia Bentum of the Internal Audit Directorate and Mr John Nketia of the Transport and Logistics Unit.

Chief Executive 

The Chief Executive, Mr Sylvester Mensah, stated that 2013 had been a very rewarding year for the NHIA, considering the number of awards it received.

He said the past 10 years could be counted as the nurturing years and the NHIA had learnt lessons. He added that “a lot more would be demanded of the institution in the coming years.” 

2014, he said, would, therefore, see an aggressive roll out of policies such as capitation, instant identity card issuance based on biometric registration and an increase in active membership, among others, and a review of the policy of exemption of SSNIT contributors from paying premium.

He also added that there would be a review of the current medium-term strategic plan which would end in 2014 and that a new one for 2015 to 2018 would be developed as a new medium-term strategic plan for the authority and the scheme.

Starting from 2015, Mr Mensah said there would be focus on patient safety to achieve a satisfactory level of quality care for NHIS subscribers.

Responsibility 

In a welcome address, the Deputy Chief Executive in charge of operations, Mr Nathaniel Otoo, stated that “the NHIS has been entrusted with the weighty responsibility of assuring financial access to healthcare for all residents in Ghana, and no matter what happens, we should not lose sight of the call to duty.”

In fulfillment of its corporate social responsibility, the money collected during the offertory at the service would be donated to the Village of Hope Orphanage at Gomoa Fete in the Central Region.