
21/07/2023
Thai-Sudan Joint Technical Seminar on Provider Payment Mechanism
28 February 2023
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On 28 February 2023, NHSO and National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) of the Republic of Sudan in collaboration with the GLO+UHC 2 Project and JICA project “The Project on Human Resource Development for Social Health Insurance toward Universal Health Coverage” in Sudan (hereinafter referred to as 'Sudan UHC Project') held “Thai-Sudan Joint Technical Seminar on Provider Payment Mechanism” online as a follow-up seminar to Sudan’s study visit to Thailand, i.e. UHC Training in Thailand in October 2022 (please see comment below). More than 20 participants from Sudan, including NHIF officials and experts from Sudan UHC Project and from Thailand, including NHSO officials and JICA GLO+UHC 2 members attended the seminar.
At the beginning of the seminar, NHIF official provided their reflection on what they learned about the operation of the universal health care (UHC) system in Thailand from their visit in October 2022. NHSO then provided an overview of the outpatient budget and payment system in Bangkok, and a detailed explanation of the calculation methodology for Differential Capitation Budget.
While all provider payments are currently made on Fee-for-Service basis in Sudan, NHIF is considering to introduce the capitation payment to their outpatient payment. In the latter half of the seminar, the participants from Sudan asked many technical questions to the NHSO, and active discussion and exchange of opinions took place. Through this technical seminar, the Sudan side was able to learn the details of Thailand’s outpatient payment mechanism.
We appreciate the collaboration and cooperation that made this seminar happens. The activities with NHIF and Sudan UHC Project highlights the significance of partnership as an SDG 17 to achieve UHC. We believe that the learning from the seminar supports the future development of Sudan UHC. GLO+UHC2 will continue to work with the Sudan UHC Project to support ongoing dialogue for further development of UHC in both countries.