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NITI mulls health system for middle class not covered by Ayushman Bharat
The report was released by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar in the presence of Bill Gates, the co-chairman of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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NSO data paints a dismal picture of health insurance in the country
While households across income groups are borrowing less to pay for medical costs, the insurance sector has progressively ignored the poor and focused instead on the more lucrative upper-income groups
 "NSO data paints a dismal picture of health insurance in the country")
Cabinet Secy directs Central ministries to empanel hospitals with AB-PMJAY
As of now, 18,649 hospitals have been empanelled and more than 55 lakh beneficiaries have been provided with free treatment under the AB-PMJAY
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338 hospitals penalised for submitting forged claims under Ayushman Bharat
Some instances of creation of fake cards and submission of manipulated/forged claims under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) have come to the notice
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Low health care expenditure to impact risk-pooling model: NITI Aayog
Think tank plans building up system for middle class, which isn't covered under any health scheme
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India's multiple asymmetries
Till the current self-created economic slowdown ends, we can safely wallow in India's greatness in a mythical golden age when we apparently knew all about nuclear weapons and plastic surgery
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Hospitals cheating Ayushman Bharat scheme will be named and shamed: govt
The government has found nearly 1,200 cases of fraud and taken action against 338 hospitals, says Harsh Vardhan.
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India's healthcare system might struggle to keep pace by 2030, says report
Doctors are looking for multiple types of support to manage the complexity-with 85 per cent of doctors upgrading their own clinical skills
 "India's healthcare system might struggle to keep pace by 2030, says report")
In J&K shutdown, PM's health scheme grinds to halt, healthcare crisis grows
Ayushman Bharat patients cannot access free services. The private and government hospitals we visited were half empty. MRI machines could not get software updates
 "In J&K shutdown, PM's health scheme grinds to halt, healthcare crisis grows")
How dependence of patients on Ayushman Bharat differs across states
About 300 days into operation, more than 3.3 million patients have been admitted under nearly 16,000 empaneled hospitals under Ayushman Bharat
Preventive testing, Ayushman Bharat to drive diagnostic firms' revenues
Diagnostic services companies led by Dr Lal Pathlabs, Metropolis Healthcare have outperformed the market and this trend is expected to sustain
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Govt to put in place more checks on hospitals as Ayushman frauds pile up
A senior government official explained how some of these hospitals use loopholes in protocols
MoU signed for uniformity in cancer patient care standards under PMJAY
The PMJAY is the flagship scheme of the government which aims at providing a cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year, for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation to over 10.74 crore vulnerabl
Treatment costs under Ayushman Bharat health scheme to be revised
Till April 3 this year, close to 3 million beneficiaries received their cards and 1.8 million beneficiaries availed of services under the scheme
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How UP covered 800,000 families left out of Ayushman Bharat due to data gap
Under the recently launched Mukhya Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan, these households are being provided the same coverage as they would have received under Ayushman Bharat
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Ayushman Bharat signs up with Uber, finds 21 others for insurance to staff
Devises ways to take help from Uber, Amazon, Flipkart staff
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NHA to engage with Healthcare Fed for better roll-out of Ayushman Bharat
The collaboration comes at a time when NHA will be undertaking the exercise of calibrating package rates and development of standard treatment protocols to ensure quality healthcare across India
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Govt may provide more funds for Ayushman Bharat next year: Piyush Goyal
The interim Budget presented last week has raised the allocation for Ayushman Bharat scheme to Rs 6,400 crore for 2019-2020
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Unfortunate that some states opted out of Ayushman Bharat: Sitharaman
The scheme plans to cover over 10.74 crore poor and vulnerable families as per the socio-economic caste census
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Mamata accuses Modi of taking credit for Ayushman Bharat, WB quits scheme
The expenses incurred in the scheme is to be shared between the Centre and the state in 60:40 ratio
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