The Yogyakarta City Health Office received a working visit from Commission D of the Lumajang Regency Regional House of Representatives (DPRD), East Java, on Wednesday (8/7). The delegation, consisting of 12 legislative members along with secretariat staff, was received directly by the Head of the Health Services Division, Waryono, and the Head of the Finance Sub-division, Abdul Lathif, in the Healthy City meeting room.
The main agenda of the meeting was a benchmark study regarding strategic steps to increase BPJS Kesehatan membership coverage and optimize services at primary healthcare facilities. The Lumajang DPRD highlighted constraints in achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in its region, which has only reached 80.2 percent, thereby impacting the reactivation process of BPJS membership for the public.
The Chairman of Commission D of the Lumajang Regency DPRD revealed that currently, residents in his region still face reactivation procedures taking up to 12 working days. This delay is considered a crucial obstacle for people requiring urgent access to healthcare services, amid the challenges of limited local government budgets in fully supporting health financing.
In response, the Yogyakarta City Health Office presented its region's success in achieving UHC status. Waryono explained that system efficiency in Yogyakarta allows the reactivation process for participants through the Regionally Registered Residents (PDPD) scheme to take between 20 minutes to a maximum of 24 hours.
In addition to discussions on the BPJS system, the meeting also included an in-depth discussion session on human resource management policies in the health sector. Abdul Lathif provided a technical explanation regarding the incentive mechanism for part-time Government Employees with Work Agreements (PPPK), which was one of the important topics in the benchmark study.
