Operational Improvement On Data Validation And Verification Of Health Insurance Assistance Beneficiaries In Indonesia: An Overview Of Accountability/Governance Perspective

Decent data management is a fundamental element in implementing government policies, especially in providing social assistance to the poor. Distribution of social assistance can only be done with the support of proper data management system that runs the data collection process, updating, validating according to the real condition, hence the distribution of social assistance is right on target. This study examines issues which concern on institutional, derivative function and authority in the distribution of social assistance, especially health insurance assistance for the poor and the needy in Indonesia. This study aims to review the whole implementation process of verification and validation on the distribution of health insurance beneficiaries(PBI-JK), starts from its procedures until it is implemented in the locations of MuBa Regency and Palembang City. To achieve the desired objective, this study uses a qualitative method by collecting data from documents, interviews and field observations. As the result, it appears that prelist data services for verification and validation purposes are carried out centrally at the Social Welfare Data and Information Center, Ministry of Social Affairs (PUSDATIN, KESSOS), and for verification and validation in the field are handled by other third parties but only for urban areas. Keywords: Social Data, Social Beneficiaries, verification and validation, health insurance, accountability