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NHIF yet to strike deal with private hospitals

Big private hospitals are yet to sign up to the NHIF outpatient cover.

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.

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