Government issues two-week deadline to employers over SHA registration
Government directs employers to ensure employees are registered no SHA by October 1
Government directs employers to ensure employees are registered no SHA by October 1.
The government, through the Ministry of Health on Monday directed all employers in the country to ensure that all their employees are registered on to the new health insurance platform, the Social Health Insurance Fund(SHIF).
The government, in the directive, noted that the current health insurance scheme, the National Health Insurance Fund(NHIF) will cease to operate on September 30, 2024 as all health insurance will be transitioned to SHIF.
Employers were directed to update their systems so that employees insurance proceeds would be submitted to the new scheme on the employers portal.
How to register
Once on the portal, the employers will be able to create an account for their employees which will be used to manage the contributions to the scheme depending on their contribution frequency.
They will then be prompted to verify the information they upload using a set of instructions from the Social Health Authority (SHA).
Employers will then be prompted to enter their employees details and be able to register them on the SHIF portal.
The system will then be able to accept their contributions which should be made via the portal on time.
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Employers were also asked to ensure and manage changes in employee details to the scheme as per the law.
They will also be required to generate reports, access and download contribution reports on behalf of their staff as well as update their information on their dependents.
The employers will be required to log onto the portal dedicated by the Social Health Authority(SHA), which will serve as their primary tool in managing their employees’ contributions to the scheme.
The government directed all the employers to ensure that all their employees are registered with SHA before 1st October.
This happens even as the High Court initially declared two sections of the Social Health Insurance Act (SHIA) unconstitutional, which included Sections 26(5) and 27(4) which stated that a person could only access health services if their contributions were up to date and active, and that one must show proof of compliance with registration and contributions before accessing the health services.
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