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  • Fraud In Ayushman Bharat Scheme, Action Against 13 J&K Hospitals

    Fraud In Ayushman Bharat Scheme, Action Against 13 J&K Hospitals

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    SRINAGAR: J&K state health agency (SHA) has suspended the empanelment of 13 hospitals and imposed heavy penalties on 17 others for their involvement in fraud while implementing the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).

    Quoting officials news agency IANS reported that over Rs 1.77 crore have been imposed as a penalty on the hospitals involved in fraudulent activities in 2022 out of which over Rs 1.34 crore have been recovered so far by the SHA.

    As per official sources, the hospitals which have faced the action include Ibn Sina Hospital, Rs 24 lakh penalty imposed and empanelment suspended; Quality Care Hospital, Rs 6.64 lakh penalty imposed; Narayana Hospital, Rs 54.62 lakh penalty imposed; Ess Bee Hospital, empanelment suspended; Waseem Memorial Hospital, empanelment suspended.

    In addition, Florence Hospital in Chanapora (Srinagar), Rs 5 lakh penalty imposed; Shadab hospital, Rs 22 lakh penalty imposed; Mohammadiya hospital, Rs 6 lakh penalty imposed; Kidney hospital in Sonwar (Srinagar), Rs 18.72 lakh penalty imposed. This hospital also faced suspension of its empanelment in February last year.

    KD Eye Clinic Hospital, Rs 1 lakh penalty and suspension of empanelment; ASCOMS in Jammu, Rs 2.66 lakh penalty; while Al-Noor Hospital, Midcity Hospital and South City Nursing Home faced the suspension of their empanelment in September last year.

    Centre for Eye care hospital, Rs 1.64 penalty and suspension of empanelment in December last year. Noora Hospital in Srinagar, Rs 5.54 lakh penalty imposed; Baba Nayak Hospital, Rs 69,000 penalty; Raksha Kidney Hospital, Rs 20 lakh penalty; and National Hospital Jammu, empanelment suspended.

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • Secretary Health reviews Ayushman Bharat PMJAY SEHAT scheme in J&K

    Secretary Health reviews Ayushman Bharat PMJAY SEHAT scheme in J&K

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    Srinagar, Feb 11: Secretary, Health and Medical Education (H&ME), Bhupinder Kumar, today chaired a meeting to review implementation of Ayushman Bharat PMJAY/ SEHAT scheme in J&K.

    Chief Executive Officer (CEO), State Health Agency (SHA), Sanjiv Gadkar gave a detailed presentation about implementation of the scheme in J&K. He informed that more than 98 per cent of families of J&K have at least one Ayushman Card and more than 83 per cent beneficiaries have received Ayushman cards.

    He further informed that more than three lakh treatments have been performed under the scheme during the current policy period and claims amount worth over Rs. 430 crore stand released in favour of the hospitals. He further gave a detailed overview of the work done by Public and Private empanelled hospitals.

    CEO further informed that action against the 25 erring hospitals has been initiated and the State Anti Fraud Unit is closely monitoring the activities of all such hospitals.

    Secretary H&ME said that Ayushman Bharat PMJAY/ SEHAT scheme is one of the most ambitious schemes of J&K and its effective implementation has improved the access of people to better healthcare considerably. He stressed upon the different stakeholders to strengthen monitoring and evaluation and make sure that actions are directed towards the resolve of zero tolerance to fraud under the scheme. Ho added that the government will not hesitate in de-empanelment and blacklisting of hospitals if they indulge in fraud activities.

    Bhupinder directed both Directors Health Services Kashmir and Jammu to keep vigil on different laboratories working under their jurisdiction and see if they comply with the guidelines under the scheme. He stressed upon the participants to improve reporting/analysis under the scheme especially scale up activities under the beneficiary feedback system, beneficiary audit, table top audit exercises and State Anti fraud Unit.

    The meeting was attended by Directors of Health Services, Jammu and Kashmir, Deputy Secretary H&ME Tak, State Nodal Officer, SHA, Sanam Mansoor and other senior functionaries of Health and Medical Education Department.(GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )