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Insurance companies should look at devising innovative health insurance products to cover the ‘missing middle’ – the section of Indian population not covered by the Ayushman Bharat-PM-JAY scheme, Deepti Gaur Mukherjee, CEO, NHA has said.

Private dialysis centres in Gujarat have halted their services for three days to protest against the state governments decision to reduce reimbursement rates paid to them under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (PM-JAY) scheme. Private centres account for almost 80% of the 1.30 crore dialysis treatments carried out annually in the state under PMJAY.

To prevent, detect, and deter healthcare fraud and to ensure that eligible beneficiaries receive adequate treatment, the Government of India is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), according to a PIB press release issued on August 8, 2023.

The scheme is now facing several hurdles that need to be removed. Latest health ministry data show that of the 27,000 hospitals empanelled since 2018, only 18,783 are active. Among the rest, 4,682 hospitals have been inactive since the start. Also, 3,632 hospitals turned inactive in the last six months, taking the total number of inactive hospitals to 8,314.

Hitting the right notes with the health budget Updated: Updated: February 18, 2021 01:46 IST The Union Budget has laid a strong foundation to increase the resilience of the health sector in the post-COVID-19 era Share Article AAA The Union Budget has laid a strong foundation to increase the resilience of the health sector in the post-COVID-19 era Health care has taken centre stage due to an unfortunate novel coronavirus pandemic that has devastated lives and livelihoods across the globe. Altho...

First steps in the journey to universal health care Updated: Updated: February 08, 2021 23:06 IST The lesson of COVID-19 is to go on a steady, incremental path given the weak fund capacities in the backward States Share Article AAA The lesson of COVID-19 is to go on a steady, incremental path given the weak fund capacities in the backward States About 20 years ago, Thailand rolled out universal health coverage for its population at a per capita GDP similar to today’s India. What made this ...

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Highlights It provides for an operational extension of PM-JAY to 15 lakh (approx) additional families. The scheme will operate on insurance mode in convergence with PM-JAY. The benefits of the scheme will be portable across the country. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme (Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY SEHAT) to extend its benefits to all the residents of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir on Saturday (December 26, 2020) at 12 noon via...