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Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Oman launches national health insurance platform
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) of Oman has officially launched the National Health Insurance Platform, known as Dhamani, to oversee the operations within the country's health insurance market. The platform is an electronic system aimed at simplifying the exchange of health insurance information and claims processing between insurers and private healthcare providers. At a press conference, the FSA CEO Abdullah Salim Al Salmi detailed the platform's regulatory functions and its anticipated positive impact on the Sultanate's health insurance system. He pointed out that Dhamani is designed to improve the Omani health insurance market and ease citizens' access to health services. Al Salmi confirmed the platform's efficacy, as evidenced by its successful pilot phase. During the first quarter of 2025, Dhamani facilitated around three million health insurance transactions between insurance firms and private healthcare establishments. The platform is now connected to 33 private hospitals and three healthcare complexes. Dhamani aims to address several challenges faced by insurance stakeholders, ensuring the provision of quality health insurance services and the timely settlement of financial obligations to private healthcare providers. The platform will also maintain a database of medical conditions, diagnoses, and treatments, which will enable authorities to conduct research aimed at advancing the health sector. Al Salmi further mentioned that Dhamani currently serves over 650,000 health insurance policyholders and handles up to 40,000 transactions daily. To support the platform's development and offset the costs of its establishment, which totalled OR1.6m, a modest fee will be levied on hospitals utilising the service. "Oman launches national health insurance platform " was originally created and published by Life Insurance International, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Sign in to access your portfolio
Zawya
21-04-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Oman: FSA to officially unveil the National Health Insurance Platform 'Dhamani'
Muscat: The Financial Services Authority will hold a press conference in Muscat on Sunday to officially unveil the National Health Insurance Platform "Dhamani." This initiative is part of the national efforts to advance digital transformation in health insurance systems. The launch comes at a time of growing demand for integrated digital solutions that align with the rapid developments in health insurance services. The platform has been developed as part of the authority's vision to establish a reliable digital insurance system that improves efficiency and facilitates seamless integration among stakeholders in the health insurance market. "Dhamani" represents an advanced electronic national platform aimed at connecting private healthcare institutions with insurance companies, claims management firms, legislative and regulatory entities, and beneficiaries including citizens and residents. © Muscat Media Group Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (
Times of Oman
20-04-2025
- Business
- Times of Oman
National health insurance platform "Dhamani" launched
Muscat: The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today launched the National Health Insurance Platform (Dhamani), offering digital services to regulate the Omani health insurance market. The platform is an integrated electronic platform that facilitates the exchange of health insurance-related data and claims between insurance companies and private health institutions. His Excellency Abdullah bin Salem Al Salmi, CEO of the Financial Services Authority, explained the regulatory role of the platform at a press conference held by the Authority to unveil details of the Dhamani platform. Al Salmi highlighted the platform's features and advantages in advancing the health insurance system in the Sultanate of Oman and its positive impact on all parties involved in the insurance process, from the policyholder to private and insurance health institutions. His Excellency emphasised that the Dhamani platform represents a qualitative leap in the development of the Omani health insurance market by leveraging digital transformation to regulate this vital sector, facilitating citizens' access to health services and enhancing the principle of insurance inclusion. He noted that the platform has proven its digital efficiency and effectiveness during its pilot phase. His Excellency explained that the number of health insurance transactions completed through the platform by insurance companies and private health institutions reached approximately 3 million transactions during the first quarter of 2025. The platform has also been linked to all insurance institutions, approximately 33 private hospitals, and 3 private health complexes to date. Al Salmi emphasised that this platform will address many of the challenges facing parties involved in the insurance relationship, ensuring the provision of high-quality health insurance services and prompt payment of dues to private health institutions by insurance companies. It will also provide a database of diseases, diagnoses, and treatments, enabling relevant authorities to conduct the necessary studies to develop the health sector. His Excellency indicated that the platform provides its services to more than 650,000 health insurance policyholders, with an exchange rate of data and information reaching 40,000 transactions per day. Al Salmi explained that a small fee will be imposed on hospitals to finance the development of the platform and cover its construction costs, which amounted to OMR 1.6 million .
Observer
20-04-2025
- Business
- Observer
Dhamani insurance platform officially launched in Oman
Muscat: The Financial Services Authority (FSA) officially launched the National Health Insurance Platform, "Dhamani," which is now technically and legislatively ready and is offering its digital services to regulate the Omani health insurance market. The CEO of FSA said that the "Dhamani" platform represents a qualitative progress in developing the Omani health insurance market by employing digital transformation to regulate the sector. Dhamani offers services by linking private healthcare institutions, insurance companies, and health insurance claims administrators. FSA began online linking the Dhamani platform to private health polyclinics and clinics by adding over 30 private hospitals in various governorates of Oman last year. All insurance institutions are linked to the Dhamani platform, in addition to the link between 33 private hospitals, which represent all private hospitals licensed by the Ministry of Health, while the number of health complexes linked to the platform is three. One of the most prominent advantages of 'Dhamani' is the provision of a unified medical file for the insurance policy holder, available when he visits any private health facility. The platform has proven its digital efficiency and effectiveness during its pilot phase, with the number of health insurance transactions completed through it by insurance companies and private healthcare institutions reaching nearly three million transactions during the first quarter of 2025. The FSA continues to evaluate the efficiency of the electronic Dhamani platform in the linking phase with private health institutions, which targeted private hospitals in the first phase. The platform links private health institutions, insurance companies, health insurance claims administrators, and official entities to handle patients' medical data and health insurance claims between insurance and health institutions with ease and transparency. The Dhamani platform has commenced providing its services in regulating the health insurance market in the Sultanate of Oman, as a proactive step aimed at measuring the actual user experience to assess the efficiency of the platform. FSA has developed the legislative and technical structure of the health insurance market by updating the laws related to health insurance to guarantee the rights of individuals and companies and enhance the role of the FSA in monitoring the insurance markets and ensuring that the companies comply with the specified laws and standards, in addition to applying information technology and digital systems to facilitate subscription procedures, claims and payment of compensation, which would contribute to improving efficiency and speed of service.
Times of Oman
19-04-2025
- Business
- Times of Oman
FSA to officially unveil the National Health Insurance Platform 'Dhamani'
Muscat: The Financial Services Authority will hold a press conference in Muscat on Sunday to officially unveil the National Health Insurance Platform "Dhamani." This initiative is part of the national efforts to advance digital transformation in health insurance systems. The launch comes at a time of growing demand for integrated digital solutions that align with the rapid developments in health insurance services. The platform has been developed as part of the authority's vision to establish a reliable digital insurance system that improves efficiency and facilitates seamless integration among stakeholders in the health insurance market. "Dhamani" represents an advanced electronic national platform aimed at connecting private healthcare institutions with insurance companies, claims management firms, legislative and regulatory entities, and beneficiaries including citizens and residents.
