Nepal

Health Insurance Board warns hospitals against unnecessary tests, service delays

Nepalnews
By Nepal News
1 day ago 13 views
Health Insurance Board warns hospitals against unnecessary tests, service delays
Photo credit: Nepalnews

Health Insurance Board, Babarmahal. File photo

KATHMANDU: The Health Insurance Board has warned health institutions providing services under the national health insurance program against unnecessary medical tests, delays in service delivery and forcing insured patients to pay out of pocket for covered medicines and services.

In a notice addressed to all service provider health institutions, the board said claims for tests such as Vitamin D, Vitamin B12 and thyroid function tests (TFT) would be rejected if they were not justified by patients’ symptoms, conditions and medical needs.

Originally published by Nepalnews on Oct 17, 2026 Read the full article at english.nepalnews.com
Read original
About this page. The Ditible is an aggregator. This article was imported from a publisher feed and may have been reformatted. Copyright remains with the original publisher, and the headline, image and any quoted text are used for attribution and indexing purposes. Source links are preserved on every item in the archive.
Share

Comments

0 comments
Comments are plain text. Links may hold your comment for moderation.

No comments yet — be the first.

More from Nepalnews

View source

Related

Categories

  1. Everything
  2. International
  3. Politics
  4. Nepal
  5. Finance
  6. Sports
  7. Entertainment
  8. Lifestyle
  9. Technology
  10. Literature
  11. Science
  12. Health