IDDRISU A. TANKO

• Covered over one hundred and twenty (120) health care facilities across twenty-seven (27) Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts of the Ashanti Region of Ghana, assessing various Health facility types to determine their eligibility for health insurance accreditation

• Covered nearly three hundred (300) health facilities in fifty-nine(59) Metropolitan, Municipal and districts in the Greater Accra, Eastern and Volta regions of Ghana, assessing various Health facility types to determine their eligibility for health insurance accreditation

• Supervise client validation, registration, and assignments to the nurses' table.
• Supervise client assistance and support initiatives.
• Serve as a liaison between the hospital, Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Mutual Health Insurance Schemes.
• Provide hands-on training and assistance to service providers and clients as they navigate the health service array.
• Supervise the storage and retrieval of patient folders for follow-up visits and/or claims preparation.
• Supervise the preparation, vetting, and submission of NHIS claims.

· Ensure the provision of all support services for quality healthcare delivery.

· Direct, supervise and evaluate the tasks of administrative and other support service staff

· Set performance targets for administrative and support services units

· Implement and monitor policies, procedures and performance standards for administrative and other support staff

· Co-ordinate the planning and budgeting process in accordance with the approved guidelines

· Monitor the efficient use of health resources and report on them

· Monitor and report on the implementation of plans and budgets

· Coordinate and collate annual work plans and periodic operational reports on service delivery

· Support resource mobilization for the health facility

· Ensure regular provision of utility services such as water, electricity, telecommunication and waste management services

· Implement established processes, procedures and structures for disaster preparedness, health and safety, and general security of the health institution.

Facilitate the orientation, appraisal, and training of personnel.

· Promote the implementation of the patient charter, code of ethics and disciplinary procedures, and other relevant legislation in the health institution

· Solicit assistance on legal matters from the appropriate unit

· Facilitate the implementation of maintenance programmes for physical assets of the health institution to prevent untimely breakdown of buildings, equipment, transport of the facility

· Ensure maintenance of a healthy and aesthetic environment for the personnel and clients of the institution

Put in place security measures to ensure adequate physical security and safeguarding of assets, including the protection of patients and staff in the facility.

Process and obtain legal title to land and other properties of the health institution, and protect them.

· Monitor the implementation of various agreements between the health institution and its business partners

· Conduct operational research within the administrative and support services and ensure its implementation

· assist in the provision of all support services necessary for quality healthcare delivery.

· assist in supervising evaluate the work activities of administrative and other support service staff

·assist in setting performance objectives for administrative and support services units in the health institution

· support the Implementation and monitoring of policies, procedures and performance standards for administrative and other support staff for quality health service delivery.

· Assist in Co-ordinating the planning and budgeting process in accordance with the approved guidelines

· Monitor the efficient use of health resources and report on them

· Monitor and report on the implementation of plans and budgets

· Assist to Coordinate and collate annual work plans and periodic operational reports on service delivery

· Support resource mobilization for the health facility

· facilitate the provision of utility services such as water, electricity, telecommunication and waste management services

· Implement established processes, procedures and structures for disaster preparedness, health and safety, and general security of the health institution.

· Facilitate the orientation, appraisal and training of personnel

· Promote the implementation of the patient charter, code of ethics and disciplinary procedures, and other relevant legislation in the health institution

· Solicit assistance on legal matters from the appropriate unit

· Facilitate the implementation of maintenance programmes for physical assets of the health institution to prevent untimely breakdown of buildings, equipment, transport of the facility

· Ensure maintenance of a healthy and aesthetic environment for the personnel and clients of the institution

Put in place security measures to ensure adequate physical security and safeguarding of assets, including the protection of patients and staff in the facility.

Process and obtain legal title to land and other properties of the health institution, and protect them.

Monitor the implementation of various agreements between the health institution and its business partners.

Conduct operational research within the administrative and support services, and ensure its implementation.

• Trainer of Trainers on the National Health Insurance New Tariff Structure & Medicines List (G-DRG Tariff & Medicines List)

• Training Programme for Health Extension Workers

• Mandatory post-graduation one-year rotational schedule.
• Hands-on experience across all directorates, departments, and units to acquire and sharpen practical skills.

• International Conference on Review of Ghana’s NHIS, Accra
• A decade milestone celebration of the National health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) of Ghana since inception in 2003
• Seen as an exemplar in health care financing, Ghana’s successful implementation serves as both an inspiration and learning aid for countries particularly in the lower and middle Income level countries
• NHIS largely viewed as one critical socio-economic intervention policy that can serve as a vehicle for the attainment of Universal Health Coverage
• Viewed also, as being capable of accelerating the pace of attainment of the health related MDGs
• Conference used as platform for joint learning, experience sharing and knowledge exchange