Daily Trust
Private health care providers say they plan to jettison all contracts with private health insurance companies across Nigeria from January 31 owing to poor tariffs and the huge backlog of debts.
The president, Healthcare Providers Association of Nigeria (HCPAN), Dr Adeyeye Arigbabuwo, told a news briefing0 in Lagos that there was an abysmally low reimbursement by the Health Maintenance Organisations (HMOs) in private health insurance as against the rising costs of health goods and services.
He said healthcare providers suffered losses from the disparity between what HMOs offered as a premium on enrollees and the increasing cost of services.
To prevent withdrawal of services, Arigbabuwo said the association wanted HMOs to adjust existing contract documents using HCPAN tariffs as benchmark.
