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The Association of General and Private Medical Practitioner of Nigeria, AGPMPN, Lagos State chapter held its General Meeting/CPD on the 16th of February, 2014 at the Malaria Research Centre, Lagos State Teaching Hospital,

Dr. J.A. Arigbabuwo, Chairman of the AGPMPN, Lagos State Branch, urged the healthcare practitioners to focus on building systems and not just people. He also emphasized on the need for healthcare providers to build up their capacity to efficiently handle the current insured members under the National Health Insurance Scheme, in addition to the expected entrants.

Based on the mandate given to Dr. Olufemi Thomas, the newly appointed Executive Secretary of the NHIS, the Scheme coverage is expected to increase to 30% of the population.

Mr. Oussama Darian, General Manager of GlobeMed Nigeria Healthcare Solutions, highlighted the need for efficient utilization management, utilization review and collation of appropriate statistics and reports to make informed decisions concerning patients’ healthcare benefits administration.

Other attendees at the forum were the National Chairman of AGPMPN, Dr. Anthony Omolola; the National Patron of AGPMPN, Dr. Ore Falomo and the provost of the Lagos State University College of Medicine, LASUCOM, Prof. Olumuyiwa Odusanya. The GlobeMed Nigeria team also included the Clients Relations Manager, Mr. Ime Inyang; the Claims Manager, Khaled Abou Mansour and the Medical Director, Dr. Tinu Akinbolagbe.