120,000 Gombe civil servants, dependents to be enrolled in contributory healthcare scheme  

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A total of 120,000 Gombe civil servants and their dependents are to be enrolled in the contributory healthcare scheme in two months.

The Gombe State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (GoHealth) has already commenced the capturing exercise.

Musa Gidado Biri, the Head of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the agency said the pre-payment scheme which was launched in June this year by the state governor is an initiative that seeks to ensure access to quality and affordable healthcare service.

Biri said, “This phase of the enrollment which is ICT driven is expected to capture nearly 20,000 civil servants under the state government payroll as well as five other dependents of each principal enrollee.

“At the end of the exercise, 120,000 persons are expected to be enrolled and granted access to basic healthcare services at their chosen health provider without paying at the point of service utilization,”.

“It is an effort towards ensuring that all citizens are covered by the scheme to reduce financial hardship associated with seeking healthcare.”

He explained that the formal sector program of the scheme was to cover all public servants, students of tertiary institutions and employees in the organized private sector.

The agency’s team leader Dr Abubakar Musa warned the 41 accredited healthcare providers (HCPs) to ensure the best and quality care for beneficiaries of the program.

Dr Musa stated this at the maiden providers’ forum meeting convened by the Agency. He explained that the meeting was to orient the providers on GoHealth’s processes and standard operating procedures.

He warned that the Agency would not tolerate the non-availability of adequate drugs and care in HCP facilities. He stated that the Agency was working with other relevant stakeholders to ensure an adequate supply of essential drugs and commodities in all accredited HCP in the state.

He sensitized the providers on the GoHealth processes, saying the procedures will be strictly digitalized in line with the national strategic framework for ICT in Healthcare delivery.

Dr Musa said, “GoHealth is also developing an integrated mobile application that will enable both providers and clients to interact with the agency digitally”.

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