In a bid to further strengthen the existing tertiary healthcare infrastructure in the country, under this policy, eight healthcare facilities have been categorized as ‘Centres of Excellence’ (COEs). (Representational image: IE) By Gunjan Sharma In April 2021, our former Union Health Minister approved the ‘National Policy for Rare Diseases 2021’, aiming to lower the high … Read more
Representative image The National Health Authority (NHA) has revised the Health Benefit Package (HBP) Master under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB- PMJAY). In the revised version of Health Benefit Package (HBP 2.2), rates of some health packages have been increased by 20 percent to 400 per cent under PMJAY, NHA said … Read more
Many a times beneficiaries do not book their services under AB PM-JAY at public hospitals due to lack of information. However, since they cannot avail free/subsidized services at private hospitals they utilize the AB PM-JAY card. Private hospitals are playing an important role in the effective implementation of Central Government’s Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY scheme. Interestingly, even … Read more
Ayushman Bharat has completed two years. Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday inaugurated Arogya Manthan 2.0, a 4-day international conference and workshop organised by the National Health Authority (NHA) to mark the completion of the two years of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY). Launched on … Read more