A heated exchange occurred between Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale and Kenya Medical Association President Simon Kigondu over the Social Health Authority (SHA). Kigondu criticized the SHA's Practice 360 App and alleged the authority accumulated significant debt, while Duale defended the app as a fraud prevention tool and accused Kigondu of defending fraudulent facilities.

• SHA accumulated more debt in 10 months than NHIF did in six years, according to Kigondu.
• Duale claims the Practice 360 App successfully curbed fraud, including fraudulent health workers selling OTP codes.
• Duale alleged that Kigondu owns some of the health facilities suspended in recent crackdowns for irregularities.
• 158 health facilities were closed on August 29 by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) due to non-compliance.

The Social Health Authority (SHA) has mandated several hospitals to provide supporting documents within 15 days for over Ksh3 billion in flagged claims, beginning September 16. This initiative aims to enhance transparency and combat fraud within the Kenyan government healthcare system.

• Over Ksh3 billion worth of claims were flagged, primarily due to insufficient documentation such as itemized invoices and discharge summaries.
• The SHA, led by CEO Mercy Mwangangi, is implementing a new Missing Documents Resubmission Module on its provider portal to facilitate compliance.
• Hospitals have a 14-day window to resubmit missing documents, with claims not submitted within this timeframe automatically transitioning to 'rejected' status after September 30.

The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) has declared that hospitals in Kenya have no legal right to detain the bodies of deceased patients over unpaid medical bills. This ruling came after a man complained to the Office of the Ombudsman that a city hospital was unlawfully holding his wife's body over an outstanding bill.

• Hospitals are directed to use alternative means to recover outstanding medical bills.
• The KMPDC ordered a city hospital to release a body held over a Ksh1.2 million unpaid bill.
• The detention of bodies violates Article 28 of the Constitution, which protects human dignity even posthumously.