These situations embody sponsor’s loss of life, absconding employees or unlawful residents
The Division of Well being – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector within the emirate, highlighted three instances the place sponsors don’t incur violations or monetary fines for not subscribing or renewing the mandated medical health insurance protection. These instances embody absconding employees, unlawful residents or loss of life of the sponsor.
In case of abscondment, DoH acknowledged that no high quality or violation might be imposed towards the sponsor as from the date of the absconding report till the date of the state of affairs rectification. Sponsors want to supply official paperwork that confirm the notification of the related authorities entity of the employee’s abscondment.
Moreover, no high quality or violation might be incurred within the occasion of the sponsor’s loss of life, offered that an official loss of life certificates is issued and shared with the related governmental authorities. Equally, no violation or high quality shall be issued the place people are discovered residing illegally in Abu Dhabi and not using a legitimate residency visa.
In keeping with DoH’s dedication in safeguarding the well being and wellbeing of the group in Abu Dhabi, the Division encourages all members to subscribe to and renew their medical health insurance subscription in due time. Members can comply with up with their well being insurers to make sure the continuity of their medical health insurance and entry to built-in healthcare providers every time wanted whereas ensuring they keep away from penalties ensuing from a scarcity of subscription to a medical health insurance protection.
DoH highlighted that individually-sponsored individuals whose incurred fines have been paid between October 24, 2021 and the introduced deadline extension on November 11, 2021 are eligible to use for a refund of fines paid with the related medical health insurance firm, noting {that a} grievance charge of Dh100 might be deducted from the fines paid.
Final yr, DoH introduced that the exemption from fines for individually-sponsored people who haven’t subscribed or renewed their medical health insurance scheme is legitimate till the top of 2021. Moreover, the Division confirmed that people who don’t subscribe to a medical health insurance scheme might be subjected to a high quality of Dh300 per 30 days for each uninsured month. That is in accordance with the provisions of the Well being Insurance coverage Regulation No. 23/2005, its amendments and government laws.
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Dr Mariam Al Mazrouei, the Govt Director of Healthcare Payers Sector at DoH, stated: “The Division of Well being – Abu Dhabi (DoH) is constantly working in direction of making certain high quality healthcare providers are offered to all group members in accordance with the most effective worldwide practices. It’s essential that every one members of our group commonly verify the newest updates on medical health insurance and renew their subscriptions in due time – to make sure they’ve entry to the related healthcare amenities when and if wanted.”
People who want to enquire concerning the medical health insurance subscription course of and process can contact any medical health insurance firm within the Emirate or the Division of Well being – Abu Dhabi (DoH) on Tel: 024193486 or by way of e-mail: [email protected].