Name: National Health Insurance Fund
Acronym: NHIF
Founded: 1966
Position: State Parastatal
Mission:
- Provide medical insurance cover to all its members and their declared dependants (spouse and children).
Eligible persons include:
- Kenyan resident (includes foreigners permitted to study or work in Kenya)
- Attained the minimum age of 18 years
- Earns an income from Kenya (employed/self employed)
- Earns an income of more than kshs.1000 per month
- Works under a contract or casual basis
- Volunteer contributors
NOTE: NHIF is COMPULSORY to all those in the formal sector but VOLUNTARY to those in the informal sector or retired persons.
Benefits of NHIF cover
- Upon admission in hospital an NHIF member is accorded services and the hospital makes a claim to the Fund for reimbursement
- An in-patient cover for the contributor, declared spouse and children
- Provides comprehensive medical cover in majority of over 400 accredited Government facilities, Mission health providers and some private health providers across the country
- Provides in-patient services in private and high cost hospitals on a co-payment basis
- Comprehensive maternity and CS (Caesarian) package in government hospitals, majority of mission and some private hospitals
- Dialysis at Kenyatta National Hospital & Moi Teaching & Referral Hospital at a rebate
- Family planning – Vasectomy and Tubal Ligation
- NHIF does not exclude any disease.
Proposed out-patient cover benefits
- Prescribed laboratory tests/investigations
- Drugs/medicines
- Prescribed X-rays and ultra sound diagnosis
- Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Treatment, dressing or diagnostic testing
- Family planning
- Ante-natal and post-natal care
- Clinical counseling services
- Health and wellness education
- General consultation with general practitioners
Registration requirements & procedures
- MEMBER REGISTRATION
- Kenyan resident requirements
- Copy of National ID
- Copy of employer letter
- Colored passport photos
- Original & Copies of dependant(s) birth certificate
- Foreign resident requirements
- Copies of passport, work permit or alien certificate
- Copies of passport photos
- Foreign students requirements
- Copy of passport
- Copy of passport photo
>>>>>>>>>>>>DOWNLOAD THE MEMBER APPLICATION FORM HERE<<<<<<<<<<<<
2. EMPLOYER/ORGANIZED GROUP REGISTRATION
- Certificate of registration
- PIN certificate
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Payment Options
- Employed (casual/contract)
- Amount is automatically deducted from the payslip in accordance to the amount category
- Self employed
- Amount is payable via Mpesa using:
- Business number 200222
- Account number – refers to the contributors National ID number
- Amount is payable via Mpesa using:
Updated contribution rates
| Income (KSh) | NHIF Rate |
|---|---|
| KSh 5,999 | KSh 150 |
| KSh 6,000 – 7,999 | KSh 300 |
| KSh 8,000 – 11,999 | KSh 400 |
| KSh 12,000 – 14,999 | KSh 500 |
| KSh 15,000 – 19,999 | KSh 600 |
| KSh 20,000 – 24,999 | KSh 750 |
| KSh 25,000 – 29,999 | KSh 850 |
| KSh 30,000 – 34,999 | KSh 900 |
| KSh 35,000 – 39,999 | KSh 950 |
| KSh 40,000 – 44,999 | KSh 1,000 |
| KSh 45,000 – 49,999 | KSh 1,100 |
| KSh 50,000 – 59,999 | KSh 1,200 |
| KSh 60,000 – 69,999 | KSh 1,300 |
| KSh 70,000 – 79,999 | KSh 1,400 |
| KSh 80,000 – 89,999 | KSh 1,500 |
| KSh 90,000 – 99,999 | KSh 1,600 |
| KSh 100,000 & Above | KSh 1,700 |
| Self-Employed (Special) | KSh 500 |
Categories: NHIF
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i pay NHIF for my parents and the account is uptodate. My father is supposed to go for minor surgery and im told to pay 15000 kenya shillings, is this inorder?