Edo Rewarded For Improved Health Insurance Services

Edo State Well being Insurance coverage Fee (EDHIC) has received the maiden version of the Institute for Well being Insurance coverage and Managed Care of Nigeria (IHIMN) Management Award for excellent efficiency in high quality healthcare supply by way of the platform of medical insurance.

The award, Finest Well being Insurance coverage and Managed Care Authorities Company in Well being Care Coordination and Administration, was introduced to the Edo State authorities by way of the director-general of EDHIC, Mrs. Augusta Ikpea Enaholo, on the IHIMN 2025 Management Awards evening in Abuja on Tuesday.The management of the IHIMN stated the EDHIC had grow to be a reference level within the nation by way of its high quality well being care coordination and administration.

It additionally acknowledged that EDHIC had confirmed to be among the many few state medical insurance companies that had been capable of maintain high quality well being care protection for its folks, therefore the popularity on the maiden version of the IHIMN Management Awards.

Director Basic of EDHIC, Augusta Ikpea Enaholo, in her remarks, described the popularity as not solely a profound honour but additionally a reaffirmation of shared dedication to constructing a medical insurance system that’s inclusive, sustainable, and attentive to the wants of Edo State folks.

“To be acknowledged by an establishment so deeply rooted in excellence, analysis, and advocacy, is each humbling and energizing. At EDHIC, we’ve at all times believed that entry to high quality healthcare shouldn’t be a privilege however a proper. Over the previous yr, we’ve invested in innovation, strengthened partnerships with each private and non-private stakeholders, and, most significantly, listened to the folks we serve.

“From digitizing our enrollment techniques, increasing supplier networks throughout the 18 native authorities areas, to streamlining claims and care coordination, each milestone we’ve achieved has been guided by a single aim: to make sure that nobody is left behind,” she stated.

She appreciated the help of the Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo for his unwavering perception within the imaginative and prescient of Common Well being Protection (UHC).

“Management on the prime is important, and we’re lucky to have an administration that prioritizes the well being and well-being of its folks,” she acknowledged.

She additionally appreciated the frontline well being

employees who ship care with compassion and braveness; associate well being services, diagnostic centres and collaborating sister companies who align with the mission of accountability and high quality.

President Bola Tinubu who was represented by his particular adviser on well being, Dr. Salma Anas, congratulated the states for implementing the goals of the President as regards high quality and reasonably priced healthcare companies.

She reassured them that the federal government would proceed to work for the nice of the folks, by supporting any course that will herald improved healthcare companies to the folks.