Health Group Collaborates To Facilitate Workability of Health Insurance In Nigeria

 The Health and Managed Care Association of Nigeria (HMCAN) and Health Care Providers Association of Nigeria (HCPAN), the umbrella body of NHIS-Accredited Healthcare Providers in Nigeria collaborated to facilitate the workability of health insurance scheme in Nigeria.

Speaking at the briefing yesterday in Lagos, The President of HCPAN, Dr.Jimmy Arigbabuwo said, "HCPAN and "HMCAN  have synergized and come up with resolutions having reviewed the challenges affecting the operations and knowing the importance of health insurance in other countries.

According to him, "These two critical stakeholders must work together to build processes and systems in corporate governance to follow laid down principles, concept of global practices and bridge identified gap in the health insurance industry"

"As Primary healthcare is the cornerstone of health care services as it accounts for 80percent of the health care needs of the populace and in view of this the existing operational structure of health insurance in Nigeria should be reviewed to reflect the global trend".

"In line with best practices and corporate governance the regulators should be reorganized and re-energized to deliver on their statutory functions appropriately.

"Having considered  the concurrent nature of health in the Nigeria Constitution with a view of achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC), HMCAN and HCPAN the two critical stakeholders have unanimously resolved to strategically expand health insurance coverage with strong political will from the government at the three levels."

Speaking to our correspondent, Oyinlola Awonuga, Arigbabuwo implored, State Governments starting social health insurance programmes to strongly carry along the major stakeholders in the health insurance industry as represented by HCPAN and HMCAN throughout the entire scope, including but not limited to legislative drafting, benefit design, actuarial valuation, tariffs and premium setting.

"HMCAN and HCPAN have agreed to maintain an effective and efficient line of communication, in other to continuously provide uninterrupted, qualitative and measurable healthcare services to our enrolled at the healthcare facility."


Arigbabuwo added, that the two critical stakeholders, HMCAN and  HCPAN should be allowed to nominate their representatives to the Board of the National Health Insurance Scheme to ensure fair and inclusive representation of the healthcare industry.