As claims from Covid-19 patients start to flow, private insurers push for standardisation of treatment costs on the lines of the diagnostic costs. Hospitals, on the other hand, claim that it would be impossible to operate under a price-fixed treatment protocol, as each case requires different treatment given the individual's accompanying illnesses.
So far, the number of claims handled by the private insurers from Covid-19 patients has been fairly less. Insurers said related claims have just started trickling in. Haryana has already indicated Ayushman Bharat rates be followed by private hospitals to treat Covid-19 patients. Sources claimed Maharashtra, too, was