The press service of the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) reported that this year the agency faced problems in funding the procurement of medical care for medical organisations.
“The initial funding deficit and the existing liquidity deficit: 116 billion tenge and 571 billion tenge respectively. Together with the Ministry of Health and local executive bodies, we approved a financial sustainability plan and took measures to maximise cost savings. To date, the critical deficit has been closed by 70%. But until the end of the year, the situation with the shortage of funds will not fundamentally improve”, warned the Chairman of the Fund’s Board, Abylkair Skakov.
It is reported that in this way, the SHIF managed to reduce the amount of debt for particularly important types of care from 116 billion tenge to 27 billion tenge.
Recall that in August, the head of the SHIF announced the reason for the agency’s debt to medical organisations. According to him, the payment system initially was not working, and then the republican budget delayed the money for the guaranteed volume of medical care. At the same time, Skakov promised that the debts would be paid off in the coming months.
Meanwhile, in July, the Supreme Audit Chamber (SAC) reviewed the results of the state audit of the SHIF’s efficiency for 2022-2023. The audit covered funds and assets worth 3.8 trillion tenge and involved 13 organisations.
Based on its findings, the following were established: procedural violations amounting to more than 32 billion tenge, as well as inefficient planning and use of funds totalling 31.1 billion tenge. The amount of financial losses and lost profits amounted to 11.8 million tenge.