While NHIF provides a comprehensive health cover called ‘Supa Cover‘ to all its members, the benefits a member can get from it depend ultimately on their choice of hospital.
Until recently, NHIF accredited hospitals contracted to provide inpatient services to its members were categorized into three categories i.e A, B and C. These categories have since been updated into two, namely: comprehensive and non-comprehensive.
This change makes the categories much easier to interpret as the meaning is in the words themselves. Let’s take a look at both.
As the name suggests, hospitals in the comprehensive category are contracted to provide a comprehensive inpatient cover to NHIF members. This means that the members will not pay out of pocket for any inpatient services when admitted in hospitals in this category.
This category includes all public hospitals and some select faith-based (mission) and private hospitals.
As for hospitals in the non-comprehensive category, NHIF may not cover for all inpatient services. NHIF members that use these hospitals may therefore be expected to pay out of pocket for some inpatient services. Usually this involves a co-payment, whereby NHIF covers the cost of specified services (e.g. bed charges) and the member covers the rest out of pocket (e.g. surgery)
Unless it’s an emergency, it’s therefore vital that members know the category a hospital belongs to before seeking any inpatient services from it, as this may save them expensive hospital bills.
To check the category a hospital belongs to, head over to the inpatient hospital listing on the NHIF website and search for your preferred facility.
How long does it take after u enroll as anew nhif member and u pay 500 for you to b able to use the service
If my premiums are paid by my employer is my card comprehensive?
I called your offices today wanting to know if a procedure my dependant is to go thro will be covered fully since am planning to send him to a comprehensive hospital from your list of comprehensive hospital and i was told NO. This contradicts what is on your website. Kindly clarify what one of your officers meant by National cover and comprehensive cover.
Am still waiting for an answer to my question.
Am still waiting for an answer to my question.
why are you limiting us to certain hospitals.You need to restructure the MOUs and allow us as nhif contributors to go to hospitals where we feel our health will be taken care-off well.
Something am yet to fully understand: There are both comprehensive and Non-comprehensive covers. How does one qualify for a comprehensive cover. Is the monthly deductions/pay the same? Coz my thinking is comprehensive members pay more. Right? How much? If the pay is same, then how can I get into the comprehensive category.
waiting for the feedback as per Calvince inquiry.
waiting for the feedback as per Calvince inquiry. That’s to say what do we have to pay for comprehensive cover. I want to join one and I am self employed. thanks
Something am yet to fully understand: There are both comprehensive and Non-comprehensive covers. How does one qualify for a comprehensive cover. Is the monthly deductions/pay the same? Coz my thinking is comprehensive members pay more. Right? How much? If the pay is same, then how can I get into the comprehensive category.
Justus Mokua
March 16, 2022 at 7:50 amCan I register super cover Im self emply
Peter Nyamongo
July 10, 2022 at 5:29 pmPlease reply
Peter Nyamongo
July 10, 2022 at 5:30 pmPlease send me the response
Hosi
July 10, 2022 at 7:05 pmYes, you can register for NHIF self-employed where you pay Ksh500 monthly or Ksh6000 yearly. This will cover you and your dependents (wife, children).