Social security fund to increase payments for health services
The National Social Security Fund will pay more to hospitals for health services following a new agreement reached between the fund and participating hospitals yesterday. The money will be paid in a lump sum, with some hospitals receiving as much as 130,000 kip to allocate to one beneficiary per year, while 110,000 kip will be given to provincial hospitals to pay for health services provided for one beneficiary per year. The NSSF will also pay an additional 1 million kip to hospitals to cover the treatment of a beneficiary injured in a road accident. The Fund will also cover 50 percent of the cost of transportation by land or by air of a seriously injured beneficiary.
