BENGKULU - The Curup branch of BPJS Kesehatan, which oversees four regencies in Bengkulu Province, said that there were 7,378 independent participants in the Rejang Lebong Regency area in arrears of monthly fees with a total bill of Rp. 6.9 billion.
Head of the Curup branch of the Health Social Security Administering Body (BPJS) Office Novi Kurniadi said the arrears of BPJS Health contributions for independent participants in the four regencies in their working areas reached IDR 50.5 billion.
"The number of BPJS Health contributions arrears for independent participants in Rejang Lebong Regency currently reaches Rp. 6,909,691,655, with 7,378 participants in arrears," he said at Rejang Lebong, Antara, Friday, August 5.
He explained that BPJS Kesehatan participants who are in arrears in these contributions come from class III, II and class I, with arrears ranging from 1 to 24 months.
To reduce the number of arrears of these independent participants, he said, his party continued to make collection efforts, then socialized the Gradual Payment Plan (Rehab) program to ease the payment of arrears.
According to him, with this Rehab program, BPJS Kesehatan participants who are late in paying their bills can pay their arrears by installments or in monthly installments.
Meanwhile, the total arrears of independent participants under the auspices of the BPJS Health Curup branch office are spread over four districts namely Rejang Lebong, Kepahiang, Lebong and North Bengkulu as many as 66,750 people with the amount of arrears reaching IDR 50.5 billion.
The highest arrears of BPJS Health participants were in North Bengkulu Regency, amounting to Rp. 24.6 billion with 33,893 people in arrears. Kepahiang Regency amounted to IDR 12.8 billion with 17,000 participants in arrears.
Then Lebong Regency was recorded as many as 8,479 people with a total bill of Rp. 6.07 billion and Rejang Lebong Regency as many as 7,378 people with a total bill of Rp. 6.9 billion.
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