The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) is still in talks with top private hospitals to allow contributors to list them as their preferred medical service providers more than a year after it launched its outpatient cover.
NHIF Chief Executive Officer Geoffrey Mwangi said negotiations were still ongoing and insurance companies have also been roped in with a view of helping to broker a deal. NHIF has been in a standoff with major private hospitals, which refused its initial proposal as too little to fund the healthcare needs of contributors.