KIOCH uses a cross-subsidy revenue model
KIOCH will receive possible payments from the following types of payer*:
- Government: for public hospitals the government reimburses the services for patients who undergo cardiothoracic surgery (completely covered), and reimburses patients who receive cancer treatment up to a maximum of 100.000 NPR. The government pays these hospitals directly for these services.
- Public health insurer: patients enrolled in the national public healthcare coverage program are insured for healthcare services up to a -by the government determined -level. The public health insurer pays hospital directly for services provided to enrolled patients.
- The implementation of the public health insurance program is currently being executed. The ambition is to enroll >95% of the population within the next five years.
- Private health insurers: several private health insurers pay KIOCH (mostly cashless) directly for services provided to patients enrolled in its program.
- Patients with private health insurance: patients paying for KIOCH’s services out of pocket, but afterwards get their payments reimbursed by their private health insurer.
- Patients without insurance: patients without insurance pay for KIOCH’s services out of pocket.
*Source: Experts in the field of (child) health in Nepal
KIOCH acts as the hub within its care network
KIOCH provides specialized care and takes on a leader role in the care network.
This means that KIOCH:
Has a strong focus on building collaborations with its partners.
In order to be a referral hospital KIOCH will have to collaborate with the existing healthcare institutions.
In phase 1 KIOCH will not have satellite clinics, so patients need to be referred by existing healthcare providers. Therefore KIOCH focuses on establishing strong relationships with existing healthcare institutions. KIOCH will offer existing healthcare institutions trainings in screening patients that are in need of care provided by KIOCH. In return for the collaboration KIOCH offers the institutions support in providing care (standards and protocols) and consultancy services.
Kioch-6Figure 2b: Types of care providers within care network
Funding
KIOCH is a not for profit organization, and therefore cannot raise equity funding.
In order to construct a hospital, we are currently soliciting formal offers from potential contractors.
Current estimates are that we need construction costs of approximately NPR 600 million.
Start up costs (costs to recruit staff, to set up referral networks, etc.) are estimated as a once-off cost of NPR 10 million.
The timing of these costs is estimated to occur in the last year of construction (i.e. the year before operations commence).
Medical equipment costs are estimated at approximately NPR 500 million.
In the first year of operations, a working capital injection of roughly NPR 50 million will be required.
Including the projected loss for the first year, this gives rise to a funding need of NPR 1,300 million.
Based on the required funding and the business case:
Donor funding should be the basis of the funding for KIOCH. We KIOCH requests NPR 900 million in donor funding, to be provided as follows:
2019: NPR 200 million
2020: NPR 200 million
2021: NPR 100 million
2022: NPR 400 million
A limited amount of debt can be used to fund KIOCH. Therefore KIOCH requests NPR 400 million in debt funding, to be drawn as follows:
2021: NPR 200 million
2022: NPR 200 million
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