How To Check Your NHIF Status

Knowing your status as a National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) is very important. This is because, it gives you much more information about your account regarding details like your dependants, your monthly contributions, as well as other things.

This article will show you the various ways (besides the obvious option of visiting a National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) Branch near you) you can use to check or find out your National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF).

Here are the various ways:

1. Checking your National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) status online i.e via the web.
2. Checking your National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) via your mobile device (USSD code)

Checking Your National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) Status Online

To check your National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) status online, all you need to do is:

1. Visit the official NHIF website: (www.nhif.or.ke), via your computer, smartphone, or tablet.
2. Once there, sign in via the self-service portal if you already have registered. If you have not registered however, you will need to register first.
3. To start off your registration, you will need to have your National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) card number, your mobile phone number, and an email address.
4. Next, type in the necessary details required in the Fill in the prompts.
5. Once done, select save and then submit.
6. After that, create your own password. This is important because you will need it in order to log into the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) online portal.
7. Once you log into at the online self-service portal, you will be able to check your National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) account status by using the details about your monthly National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) contributions, activation, your balance, as well as the months where you may have defaulted, among other things.

Unlike having to pay a visit to a National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) Branch, the approach above, is a lot more convenient, time saving and also comes with less complications.

Please ensure that you however log out of your account as soon as you are done.

Checking Your National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) Status Via USSD Code

To check your National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) status via USSD, all you need to do is:

1. Create a new SMS on your mobile device.
2. Type the letters “ID” followed by space, and then your actual ID number or passport number (where applicable). For example, if your ID number is ‘2468468’, you will type in: ID 2468468.
3. Once you’re done composing your message, proceed to send it to ‘21101’.

You will receive a text message with your National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) account status, not long after.

The Checking Your National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) Status Via USSD Code method is also effective and convenient.

However, you should keep in mind that the USSD code method comes with a service charge of 10 Kenyan shillings per SMS.

The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) is an initiative that has been set up to cover all individuals in Kenya who are over the age of 18 years.