KATHMANDU: The Health Insurance Board has forwarded a process to release an additional Rs 911 million for insurance payment to 202 different hospitals across the country.
The Ministry of Health and Food Safety has been facilitating the due payments under Health Insurance and medical treatment programme for poor people.
According to Assistant Spokesperson at the Health Ministry, Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari, earlier on third week of May, Rs 1.3 billion was paid as health insurance claims.
A total of Rs 321.3 million was allocated as medical treatment for poor people on June 4 and additional Rs 273.77 million was paid on June 10, he added.
It is estimated that Rs 7 billion is needed to pay the outstanding health insurance claims till December 15, 2025 and Rs 14 billion from December 16, 2025-July 16, 2026.
Assistant Spokesperson Dr Adhikari opined that the government has expedited resource management and payment process prioritizing the payment of outstanding insurance claims and medical treatment for poor people for years.
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