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Mandatory Health Insurance in Qatar: Is your Business Ready?

With the Qatari government announcement on the mandatory health insurance programme, to be implemented for all Qatar expats and visitors, effective April 22, 2022, businesses in Qatar are working towards achieving the best outcome for their organisation and their employees.

13/12/2021 · 3 minute read

With the Qatari government announcement on the mandatory health insurance programme, to be implemented for all Qatar expats and visitors, effective April 22, 2022, employers in Qatar are working towards achieving the best outcome for their organisations and their employees.

How will the New Mandatory Health Care Insurance Scheme affect my Company?

  • The mandatory programme will provide basic healthcare insurance to all expats through public and private healthcare providers.
  • Employers will provide health insurance for non-Qatari employees through insurance companies registered with the Ministry of Public Health.
  • The same obligation applies to the recruiter to provide basic coverage for those man-power resources, who are brought by the recruiter. Hamad Medical Corporation Heath Card will be issued for Qatari nationals.

How do you stay ahead of the curve? 

With April 2022 less than four months away, now is the right time to start to review your firm’s health insurance requirements / speak to health insurance experts to ensure your organisation is compliant and ready with the optimum medical strategy for your employees.

How can we help?

Through the Marsh Mercer network, you have access to an experienced team, who will dedicate time to understand your business, and who have access to the technology and systems that will provide you with the information. Our aim is to enable your decisions making and ensure you achieve the best outcome for your organisation and your employees with optimal benefits, best prices and value added services.

4 ways our trusted Employee Health and Benefits team of advisers and brokers can make the transition easier for you

  • Find the best solutions for your business:
    • Provide you with benchmarking data specific to your industry.
    • Provide insights and advice to help you make informed and strategic benefits decisions choosing innovative solutions for benefits analytics, health management, and international benefits.
  • Optimise your benefits spend:
    • With expectation that the mandatory insurance will provide basic benefits, finding a balance between cost containment and offering competitive benefits is more than shopping the market. We can help you by leveraging our network of insurers to negotiate the best prices and the best services that fits your unique needs.
    • Our ongoing management of cost and risk includes financial modelling, cost containment and collective bargaining.
  • Be an extension of your HR team & operations:
    • Our team makes sure they are an extension for yours, where they support your employees with the program onboarding, simplified benefits delivery, queries, and claims to give you the peace of mind to focus on what matters.
  • Be your go-to experts on market information:
    • You need an adviser that not only has a global network you can leverage on but also extensive local knowledge of the Qatari market and the regulations; and can help you have a one stop shop for all your queries and be the team you can truly lean on.

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