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Insurers want IT system for Ayushman Bharat scheme to check quality, fraud

Aadhaar cards will become insurance cards so that insurers and other participants can verify beneficiaries

Health insurance, insurance
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Advait Rao Palepu Mumbai
Insurance companies want an integrated and real-time Information Technology (IT) network for the Prime Minister Rashtriya Swasthya Suraksha Mission (PMRSSM) or Ayushman Bharat scheme, so as to administer claims and check the quality of service patients receive. Additionally, Aadhaar cards will become insurance cards so that insurers and other participants can verify beneficiaries.

The IT network which will connect insurance companies, state health agency(s) (SHA) appointed to implement and regulate PMRSSM and third-party administrators is needed so that problems of interoperability and portability that were faced under the Rashtriya Swasthrya Bima Yojana (RSBY) are not repeated.

PMRSSM will launch on