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Ayushman Bharat to create 120,000 community health officer jobs by 2022

The hospitals empanelled under the scheme are required to have 'Pradhan Mantri Arogya Mitras' for managing the helpdesk and other related activities

Lessons from Rajasthan: Can Ayushman Bharat health scheme deliver results?

Ayushman Bharat is expected to take India towards universal health coverage

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

PM rushes to insure half bn people before 2019 polls; tie up with hospitals

In March, the government had presented a draft bill on a social security program designed to cover the country's 500 million poorest workers, including those in informal sector

10 key things you must know about Modi's ambitious Ayushman Bharat scheme

Among the most important announcements that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to make in his 5th speech from the ramparts of Red Fort is the announcement of the Ayushman Bharat scheme's rollout

8,000 health and wellness centres operational across 35 states, UTs

These centres will be equipped to provide treatment for diseases such as blood pressure, diabetes, cancer and old age-related ailments

Countdown to Ayushman Bharat scheme: Gujarat expects seamless transition

Intended for tertiary services for BPL families, it gradually evolved to cover families above the poverty line who have an annual income below Rs 300,000 under the extended MA Vatsalya Scheme

WHO DG praises Modi, Nadda on first 100 days of Ayushman Bharat scheme

He had earlier also praised the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, which aims to provide insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh per annum to 50 crore poor people by calling it a 'great commitment

What's cooking? Investors line up for a share of the health insurance pie

Four out of the seven standalone health insurers have seen stake buyouts either by PEs or strategic players in recent months

NHA, IRDAI recommend measures to check frauds, data standardization

In the report, the experts recommended building a national repository of empanelled hospitals under insurance/government schemes with defined standards for quality and package rates and codes

Ayushman Bharat: Almost one year on, states and centre still not in sync

As a part of the agenda, all state-run schemes are required to merge into Ayushman Bharat

No proposal to review prices of packages under Ayushman Bharat, says govt

West Bengal government rolled back the Ayushman Bharat scheme in January 2019

Patients to fake websites: One year of Ayushman Bharat reviewed in numbers

The scheme is being used for secondary care more than tertiary care

Aster DM Healthcare eyes diagnostic services, clinics; to expand bed-count

Dubai headquartered hospital chain bringing its Access brand to India for low income patients; to join Ayushman Bharat

Newsmaker: Why the next 40 days are critical for Ayushman boss Indu Bhushan

The head of the mega health mission says his experience as a bureaucrat in India is standing him in better stead than his East Asian experiences with public health programmes

Ayushman Bharat will serve a population larger than the US: Indu Bhushan

In a Q&A, the CEO of the world's largest healthcare infra scheme dwells on the speed at which his team is working to roll out a plan to cover 500 mn people

Ayushman Bharat working to identify those left out, says CEO Indu Bhushan

In the first year, the momentum has been quite good and we are quite pleased with the way the scheme has rolled out, says Bhushan

Letter to BS: PM's Ayushman scheme a precursor to Indian health care system

The choice of the six states for the pilot programme is wise

Apollo Hospitals to join Ayushman Bharat, but only in smaller cities

In metropolitan cities, however, it will continue to stay away till the government programme raises the rates for surgery and treatment

Will not accept renaming of Ayushman Bharat scheme in Rajasthan: Centre

Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat also accused the Ashok Gehlot government of failing to implement the Centre sponsored schemes in Rajasthan properly