Osun enrols 280,472 in health insurance scheme, Official

Osun enrols 280,472 in health insurance scheme, Official

Health

By Victor Adeoti

Osun, June 13, 2024 (NAN) Dr Razak Akindele, the Executive Secretary, Osun Health Insurance Scheme (O’HIS), has said that 280,472 people have registered in the scheme.

Akindele disclosed this to newsmen  on Thursday in Osogbo.

He said that from the record of enrollees, 244,000 were from the formal sector, 13,472 were from informal sector while 23,000 were pensioners.

Akindele said that for civil servants, who belong to the formal sector, 1.5 per cent was being deducted from their basic salary every month, while government contributed 4.5 per cent.

He said that people in the informal sector would pay N12,066 annually under the premium package, while pensioners were enrolled for free by the state government.

Akindele also said that Gov. Ademola Adeleke had also approved the enrollment of pregnant women in the state for free under the scheme.

He also said that the scheme was no longer dealing with Health Maintenance Organisation (HMO) in rendering services to its clients.

Akindele explained that this was due to the challenges patients encounter in getting code from HMO for treatment.

According to him, the agency was now providing services directly to its enrollees and no longer through HMOs.

“Although, we are not yet there, but we are moving to where we plan to be.

“With the support of the governor, we are rendering quality services to all our clients.

“And in the next one year, we are planning to enroll three million people,” he said.

Akindele also said the agency had what it called “Catastrophic fund” meant to give concession to patients needing serious surgical operations.

He said that as a way of encouraging hospitals under the scheme, the agency had increased the payment for cesarean section for its patients from the initial N30,000 to N85,000.

Akindele said the agency would continue to sensitise residents in the state of the importance as well as benefits of the scheme.(NAN)

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Edited by Dorcas Jonah/Bayo Sekoni