A digital health-financing platform has partnered with the Kenya Association of Private Hospitals in a bid to expand its healthcare-financing capabilities.

M-TIBA aims to improve benefits management and payment processes for services across the value chain, and boost the efficiency of fund payments to hospitals and clinics. ‘The digitalisation of these processes is driving an increase in access and a decrease in operational costs,’ says M-TIBA MD Moses Kuria. ‘Our purpose is to provide our platform to connect all the stakeholders and provide a safe, smart and affordable way to manage a healthcare scheme.’

Launched in 2016, M-TIBA has processed more than 721 000 digital claims via the platform. It has around 4.7 million users, including some 3 000 healthcare providers as well three major insurance companies.

1 March 2022
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