BRIEFS IN PREPARATION FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE BASIC HEALTHCARE PROVISION FUND

BRIEFS IN PREPARATION FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE BASIC HEALTHCARE PROVISION FUND

The Plateau State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency is one of the Gateways for the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund. The Agency carries out the demand side of the gateways; revenue mobilization, pooling risks, strategic purchasing and service delivery.

The purpose of the BHCPF is threefold:

Ensuring the provision of a Basic Minimum Package of Health Services to all Nigerians, by applying 50% of the funds towards purchase of the BMPHS to be managed by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)

 Strengthening the Primary Health Care (PHC) system - With 45% of BHCPF, to be disbursed by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA)

for the provision of essential drugs

vaccines and consumables for eligible primary health care facilities (20% of BHCPF)

 the provision and maintenance of facilities, laboratory, equipment and transport for eligible primary healthcare facilities (15%)

Development of Human Resources for Primary Health Care (10%)

Providing Emergency Medical Treatment - with 5% of the BHCPF to be administered by the National Emergency Medical Treatment Committee (NEMTC) as appointed by the National Council on Health (NCH). 

The Agency has paid its counterpart fund of 25% and is in receipt of over N337 million as Premium being the State share of the 2019 fiscal year disbursement from the NHIS gateway

This means Premium for 28,091 beneficiaries across the 17 LGAs in the State, with coverage in all the 325 State wards. These are the distributions

14,293 Children under 5 years of age

6,709 elderly

4,087 pregnant women

3,002 physically challenged

The Agency acquired basic ICT enrolment hardware’s with 4:4:2 fingerprints scanners, tablets and portable printers.

We have also acquired the NIN softwares through PICTDA

We have completed enrolment across the 325 State wards.

The Agency did a facility readiness assessment and from the over 1000 PHCs across the State, and accredited 325 PHCs that met the basic minimum standard for primary services and 52 secondary facilities

We have established a cordial working relationship with the State Primary Healthcare Board which is the supply side of the BHCPF

We have also developed tools for service delivery, including evaluation tools.

With the flag off, we intend to commence services in April of 2021.