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Overview

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implementation-support

Country/Region

Cameroon

Scheme Operator

Bamenda Ecclesiastical Provincial Health Assistance (BEPHA)

Scheme type

Micro Health Insurance

Scheme

Health scheme implemented since

scheme

Current status

5 schemes operating across North West and South Regions of Cameroon

Cooperation partner

Bamenda Ecclesiastical Provincial Health Assistance (BEPHA), Financial Assistance: MISEREOR

Implementation Support

Implemented since

2013

Implementing Partner(s)

BEPHA, with previous support from Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)

Supporting Partner(s)

Financial Assistance: MISEREOR

Version

Legacy

Functionalities used

  • Beneficiary Management

  • Claims Management

  • Claims Review

  • Reports

Coverage

Bamenda Region

Number of beneficiaries

66,878

Number of users

10

Number of health facilities

140

Last update

Nov 2021

Scheme Features / Caractéristiques du régime:

Health scheme implemented since / Le régime de santé implémenté depuis

2008

openIMIS Implemented since / openIMIS implémenté depuis

2013

Name of openIMIS focal point

...

 

...

Participation in the last implementer committee meeting

...

 

/ Personne de contacte pour openIMIS

 Atohmbom Yuh George

Total number of health scheme employees

...

/ Nombre d’employés du régime de santé

 50

Total number of employees using openIMIS / Nombre d’employés utilisant openIMIS

...

 10

Total number of employees not trained on openIMIS

...

/ Nombre d’employés non-qualifiés pour openIMIS

 15

Number of health insurance products managed by the health scheme and using openIMIS

...

 

...

/ Nombre de produits d’assurance géré par le régime et openIMIS

 5


Product Features / Caractéristiques du produit:

Number of households covered / Nombre de familles couverte

...

 

...

Number of beneficiaries

...

 

5655

Average size of a household / Taille moyenne d’une famille

...

-

Household contribution amount

...

/ Cotisation par famille

N/A

Individual contribution

...

/ Cotisation individuelle

5,000 FCFA

Average amount paid for a claim

...

/ Somme moyenne payé pour une prestation

-

Specifications of the openIMIS used / Spécifications de l’openIMIS utilisé:

Version

...

-

Has anything been modified (customization) / Modifications

...

-

What standards are used to code services, items, diagnosis and products

...

/ Quels standards sont utilisés pour coder les services, médicaments, diagnostiques et produits

-

Three main lessons learned

...

/ Trois leçons principales tirées:

One

...

A digital tool to support the implementation of an insurance scheme is indispensable

Two

...

A comprehensive digital tool like the openIMIS greatly improves on a responsible financial management

Three

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Need for continuous capacity building

Recommendations for Developers Committee / Recommendations pour le commitée des dévelopeurs:

What to improve

...

/ Améliorations

Improve on a simplified method on the installation and implementation of the offline version of the openIMIS

What to add

...

/ Additions

Need to be able to generate and print beneficiary cards from the openIMIS

What to remove

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/ Eliminations


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Cameroon - BEPHA / Implementation Details
Cameroon - BEPHA / Implementation Details