125 railway hospitals in Ayushman scheme
6 years, 2 months ago

125 railway hospitals in Ayushman scheme

The Hindu  

Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries will soon get treatment in all railway hospitals across the country as 125 hospitals are being empanelled to make them accessible to patients. Dr. Indu Bhushan, chief executive officer of Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana and the National Health Agency, said this will add another 14,000 beds, and 2,600 doctors. “Today team NHA met with Dr. Anil Kumar, DG, Railway Health Services in Rail Bhawan to discuss the MOU to empanel 125 railway hospitals,” tweeted Dr. Bhushan. “The meeting was held to promote Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana among railway hospitals, to support them in getting empanelled under AB-PMJAY, also address their queries/questions on the scheme. It said similar discussions are slated be taken up with Defence and Employees State Insurance Corporation establishment to utilise their spare capacities for giving secondary and tertiary health care to PM-JAY beneficiaries.

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Odisha becomes 34th State in the country to implement Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY
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2 days, 15 hours ago

Odisha becomes 34th State in the country to implement Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The National Health Authority on Monday signed Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Odisha to implement Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana in the eastern state. With this agreement, Odisha has become the latest state to implement the PMJAY in convergence with the Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana Scheme in the Odia heartland. AB PMJAY is the …

Odisha joins Ayushman Bharat: 4.5 crore people to benefit
Trending News
3 days, 10 hours ago

Odisha joins Ayushman Bharat: 4.5 crore people to benefit

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Odisha has become the 34th state in India to join the central government’s ambitious scheme Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, considered the largest insurance scheme in the world. In this regard, the Odisha government signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday by integrating its own scheme, Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana, with the Union Health Ministry. Speaking at …

Centre's Jan Arogya scheme reduced cancer patients' financial burden: PM Modi
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Centre's Jan Arogya scheme reduced cancer patients' financial burden: PM Modi

India Today  

The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana has reduced the cancer patients' financial burden significantly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. On the fight against cancer, the prime minister talked about a study by Medical Journal Lancet according to which the chances of starting cancer treatment in time in India have increased significantly. Modi also emphasised the role …

Central team in Odisha for integration of GJAY, AB-PMJAY
4 weeks ago

Central team in Odisha for integration of GJAY, AB-PMJAY

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR : With the Odisha government all set to sign an MoU for implementation of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, a central team arrived here on Wednesday to finalise the modalities for its integration with the state-funded Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana. The three-member team led by CEO of National Health Authority LS Changsan held discussions with the state’s …

Odisha Announces Ayushman Bharat Scheme for 3.5 Crore People
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Odisha Announces Ayushman Bharat Scheme for 3.5 Crore People

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is set to roll out the Ayushman Bharat healthcare scheme in the financial year 2024-25, alongside the introduction of the Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana health insurance cards. Announcing the plan on Monday, the minister revealed that the scheme would initially cover approximately 3.5 crore people in Odisha. The Ayushman Bharat scheme will be implemented across approximately 27,000 medical …

GJAY integration hurdle for AB-PMJAY rollout as Odisha Government readies for MoU
1 month, 1 week ago

GJAY integration hurdle for AB-PMJAY rollout as Odisha Government readies for MoU

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Even as Odisha government readies for the MoU with the Centre for implementation of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana in the state six years after its nation-wide rollout, finalisation of modalities for integration with the state-funded Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana remains the key challenge. Now, around 1.1 crore families are covered under GJAY that provides annual cashless …

PM modi to unveil Ayushman Bharat scheme for senior citizens in October
3 months, 3 weeks ago

PM modi to unveil Ayushman Bharat scheme for senior citizens in October

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the expanded Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, to include all people aged 70 and above irrespective of their socio-economic status, in October, Union health minister JP Nadda said on Friday. Narendra Modi “The Cabinet recently approved expanding the benefits under the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme to include senior citizens who are 70 …

Shortage of medical staff, equipment at Railway hospitals observed: CAG
5 months ago

Shortage of medical staff, equipment at Railway hospitals observed: CAG

The Hindu  

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India said in its report that while carrying out an audit of ‘Management of Health Services in Indian Railways,’ it observed a shortage of medical and paramedical staff in test-checked hospitals of the Zonal Railways. According to the CAG, the Indian Railways provides medical and health services to about 1 crore railway beneficiaries through …

Ayushman Bharat scheme: Centre says over 29,000 hospitals empanelled as of June 2024
5 months, 1 week ago

Ayushman Bharat scheme: Centre says over 29,000 hospitals empanelled as of June 2024

The Hindu  

Over 29,000 hospitals, including 12,625 private ones, have been empanelled under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana as of June 30, Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda told the Lok Sabha on Friday, August 2, 2024. Distribution across States According to the data shared, a total of 2,634 private and 2,948 public hospitals have been empanelled under the …

Ayushman Bharat health scheme to provide free treatment to those aged above 70 years: President Murmu
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Ayushman Bharat health scheme to provide free treatment to those aged above 70 years: President Murmu

The Hindu  

“All citizens aged above 70 years will be provided free treatment under the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme,” President Droupadi Murmu said on June 27. “Under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, free health services are being provided to 55 crore beneficiaries,” Ms. Murmu said. Now, all the elderly above 70 years of age will also be covered and …

Ayushman Bharat health scheme to provide free treatment to those aged above 70 years: Prez
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Ayushman Bharat health scheme to provide free treatment to those aged above 70 years: Prez

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: All citizens aged above 70 years will be provided free treatment under the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme, President Droupadi Murmu said on Thursday. Under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, free health services are being provided to 55 crore beneficiaries, Murmu said. Now all the elderly above 70 years of age will also be covered and …

Asha, Anganwadi workers to collect data on people above 70 yrs of age to bring them under government health scheme
7 months ago

Asha, Anganwadi workers to collect data on people above 70 yrs of age to bring them under government health scheme

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Accredited Social Health Activists and Anganwadi workers will be collecting data on individuals above 70 years of age to bring them under the purview of the government's free healthcare scheme, according to the officials aware of the matter. The Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is the largest health insurance scheme in the world, providing coverage of up …

Health Ministry urges Delhi, Odisha, West Bengal to join AB-PMJAY scheme
1 year, 3 months ago

Health Ministry urges Delhi, Odisha, West Bengal to join AB-PMJAY scheme

The Hindu  

The Union Health Ministry on September 25 urged Delhi, Odisha, and West Bengal to join the Centre’s flagship health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, to ensure that quality healthcare is made accessible to all. Speaking at the inaugural session of Arogya Manthan, being held to celebrate five years of the PM-JAY and two years of the …

Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY led to huge out-of-pocket expenditure savings related to hospitalisations: Satya Pal Singh Baghel
1 year, 5 months ago

Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY led to huge out-of-pocket expenditure savings related to hospitalisations: Satya Pal Singh Baghel

The Hindu  

The Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana has resulted in huge out-of-pocket expenditure savings related to hospitalisations for the targeted beneficiaries, Minister of State for Health S. P. Singh Baghel told the Rajya Sabha on July 25. "As of July 19, 2023, 5.39 crore hospital admissions worth ₹66,236 crore have been authorised which is a direct out-of-pocket expenditure saving," Mr. …

Centre urges States, Union Territories to achieve 100% Ayushman Bharat card saturation
1 year, 6 months ago

Centre urges States, Union Territories to achieve 100% Ayushman Bharat card saturation

The Hindu  

The Union government has urged all States and Union Territories to achieve 100% Ayushman Bharat card saturation by utilising the services of grassroots-level healthcare workers. The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is billed as the largest government- Stakeholders have also been directed to set up State offices and carry out review and regular monitoring of the programme. The …

TS pushes Ayushman Bharat, patients happy
1 year, 6 months ago

TS pushes Ayushman Bharat, patients happy

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: The state government, which has been criticised in the past for allegedly ignoring the Centre’s schemes, however, in a change of tack, is actively promoting the Ayushman Bharat scheme by opening accounts for beneficiaries and the needy to avail of benefits. Besides the Ayushman Bharat, the state government also got funds for constructing houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas …

Prepare Ayushman Bharat cards for those eligible on priority: U.P. CM Adityanath to officials
1 year, 6 months ago

Prepare Ayushman Bharat cards for those eligible on priority: U.P. CM Adityanath to officials

The Hindu  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on June 22 directed officials to prepare Ayushman Bharat cards of those eligible on priority, saying money should not be an obstacle to avail health facilities. Under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, the government provides an annual health coverage of ₹5 lakh per family and all beneficiaries receive Ayushman Bharat cards. …

Treatment worth ₹61,501 crore provided under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
1 year, 7 months ago

Treatment worth ₹61,501 crore provided under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana

The Hindu  

Cancer treatment, emergency care, orthopaedic and urology top the tertiary care specialities treatment availed by beneficiaries under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana till date, as per data released by the Health Ministry on Wednesday. Approximately 49% of Ayushman card recipients are women and over 48% of total authorised hospital admissions under the AB PM-JAY scheme have been …

Haryana rolls out Ayush medical policy for govt employees, pensioners
1 year, 8 months ago

Haryana rolls out Ayush medical policy for govt employees, pensioners

Hindustan Times  

The Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP-JJP coalition government has rolled out the Ayush Medical Reimbursement Policy under which Haryana government employees, pensioners and their dependents will be eligible for complete reimbursement of indoor treatment availed at all government hospitals located within and outside the state. Haryana government employees, pensioners and their dependents opting for treatment under the Ayush system of medicine …

Ayushman Bharat Diwas 2023: History, Significance and Key Features of PM-Jan Arogya Yojana
1 year, 8 months ago

Ayushman Bharat Diwas 2023: History, Significance and Key Features of PM-Jan Arogya Yojana

News 18  

AYUSHMAN BHARAT DIWAS 2023: A significant portion of India’s population lives below the poverty line and cannot afford expensive healthcare facilities. Ayushman Bharat Yojana is a government health scheme that provides healthcare to those who belong to the economically weaker sections in India. AYUSHMAN BHARAT DIWAS 2023: KEY FACTS Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, was launched on …

Centre to set up escrow account for payments under Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme
2 years, 3 months ago

Centre to set up escrow account for payments under Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme

Hindustan Times  

The Union health ministry is considering setting up an escrow account to help quickly settle payments under the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme, people aware of the matter said, explaining how the plan will keep funds flowing to hospitals even if central or state government departments, who share the costs, delay in releasing money. “There have been some complaints of …

Ayushman Bharat hospitals may soon treat CGHS beneficiaries
2 years, 4 months ago

Ayushman Bharat hospitals may soon treat CGHS beneficiaries

Hindustan Times  

In a bid to provide more hospital options for patients, the government is considering allowing Central Government Health Scheme beneficiaries to avail treatment at hospitals empaneled with the flagship Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna, people familiar with the matter said. “It is being planned that the beneficiaries of the CGHS scheme can CGHS and AB-PMJAY are two separate health …

Punjab: PGIMER stops treating patients under 'Ayushman Bharat scheme'
2 years, 5 months ago

Punjab: PGIMER stops treating patients under 'Ayushman Bharat scheme'

India TV News  

Highlights PGIMER in Chandigarh has stopped treating patients under Ayushman Bharat scheme, said officials It is due to the reason that the pending claims exceeded Rs 15 crores, officials added Ayushman Bharat is a flagship scheme of the Government of India Punjab news updates : Owing to pending claims exceeding Rs 15 crores, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education …

Ayushman Bharat Beneficiaries Can Now Opt for Surgeries, Treatments Not Part of Govt's Packages
2 years, 10 months ago

Ayushman Bharat Beneficiaries Can Now Opt for Surgeries, Treatments Not Part of Govt's Packages

News 18  

Beneficiaries under the Narendra Modi government’s Ayushman Bharat national public health insurance scheme will now be able to opt for medical procedures that are not part of the designed health benefit packages, News18.com has learnt. The governing panel of the Ayushman Bharat scheme has allowed flexibility to states and union territories for deciding and approving the procedures to be booked …

Govt May Extend Ayushman Bharat to 2 Crore More Families, Go Beyond SECC to Identify Beneficiaries
3 years ago

Govt May Extend Ayushman Bharat to 2 Crore More Families, Go Beyond SECC to Identify Beneficiaries

News 18  

The Narendra Modi government is considering extending its pet Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana programme to around two crore additional families—over and above the cap of 10.76 crore— News18.com has learnt. Towards this, highly placed government sources said, the National Health Authority may also start considering databases other than the Socio Economic and Caste Census to identify and …

Ayushman Bharat Set for Reboot With Faster Reimbursement, Incentives for Model Hospitals
3 years, 1 month ago

Ayushman Bharat Set for Reboot With Faster Reimbursement, Incentives for Model Hospitals

News 18  

Ayushman Bharat, the world’s largest public health insurance scheme, is set for a reboot with the objective of bringing more private hospitals on board to increase its foothold. The National Health Authority, which implements the scheme officially known as Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, has designed several incentives to attract more hospitals. The Narendra Modi government’s flagship health …

Health benefit package under Ayushman Bharat revised
3 years, 3 months ago

Health benefit package under Ayushman Bharat revised

The Hindu  

The National Health Authority, the apex body for implementing Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, has revised the Health Benefit Package Master under the scheme. In the revised version of Health Benefit Package, rates of some packages have been increased by 20 per cent to 400 per cent under the PM-JAY. Rates of around 400 procedures have been revised …

PM Jan Aarogya Yojana Has Served Over 2.2 Crore People in Last 3 Years, Says Health MinisterMandaviya
3 years, 3 months ago

PM Jan Aarogya Yojana Has Served Over 2.2 Crore People in Last 3 Years, Says Health MinisterMandaviya

News 18  

The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana has reformed the entire healthcare system of India and served over 2.2 crore people in the last three years, including those residing in remote areas, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Thursday. It gives me great happiness that the scheme has served more than 2.2 crore people in the last three …

National Digital Health Mission will prove to be a game changer: Mandaviya
3 years, 3 months ago

National Digital Health Mission will prove to be a game changer: Mandaviya

The Hindu  

Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana has reformed the entire healthcare system of the country. It had served more than 2.2 crore people in the last three years and empowered millions of citizens with their Right to Health, said Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday while inaugurating Aarogya Manthan 3.0 to mark the third anniversary of the …

After PM’s Prod, Govt Goes Big With Ayushman Bharat: 10 Cr Cards This Fiscal, 50L Free Hospital Admissions
3 years, 4 months ago

After PM’s Prod, Govt Goes Big With Ayushman Bharat: 10 Cr Cards This Fiscal, 50L Free Hospital Admissions

News 18  

Three days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the ramparts of Red Fort asked for full penetration of over half-a-dozen key government schemes to all beneficiaries, the National Health Authority laid out an ambitious plan for a bigger roll-out of Ayushman Bharat Scheme to cover more beneficiaries this year. In a presentation to the minister on Wednesday — as the …

Ayushman Bharat and the path to universal health coverage in India
3 years, 5 months ago

Ayushman Bharat and the path to universal health coverage in India

Hindustan Times  

Successive Indian national governments have stated a commitment to achieving universal health coverage. PREMIUM The government of India approved the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana in March 2018. The government of India approved the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana in March 2018 and has hailed the programme as a historic step towards achieving UHC in India. …

Telangana to Implement Ayushman Bharat Scheme; Here’s All You Need to Know About PM-JAY
3 years, 7 months ago

Telangana to Implement Ayushman Bharat Scheme; Here’s All You Need to Know About PM-JAY

News 18  

Telangana Medical and Health department signed an MoU with the National Health Authority to join the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat Scheme PM-JAY. Here’s all you need to know about the scheme: The scheme offers annual cover of Rs 5 lakh per family for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization to over 107.4 million poor and vulnerable households, or about 530 million beneficiaries. …

PM Modi launches Ayushman Bharat scheme to extend health insurance coverage to all J&K residents
4 years ago

PM Modi launches Ayushman Bharat scheme to extend health insurance coverage to all J&K residents

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the Ayushman Bharat scheme via video-conferencing to extend health insurance coverage to all residents of Jammu and Kashmir. The Prime Minister's Office said the scheme will ensure universal health coverage, and focus on providing financial risk protection and ensuring quality and affordable essential health services to all individuals and communities. The scheme will …

51 lakh people in Bihar issued Ayushman Bharat e-cards
4 years, 10 months ago

51 lakh people in Bihar issued Ayushman Bharat e-cards

India TV News  

Implementation of Ayushman Bharat in Bihar has crossed a major milestone with 51 lakh beneficiary cards being issued. With this, e-cards has been issued to more than 24.19 lakh families which are 22 per cent of the eligible families under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. State Health Agency, Bihar has recently involved the services of 8,386 Executive …

PMJAY scheme: Centre looking to bring hospitals run by CPSEs, paramilitary forces under flagship, anti-fraud law on anvil
5 years, 1 month ago

PMJAY scheme: Centre looking to bring hospitals run by CPSEs, paramilitary forces under flagship, anti-fraud law on anvil

Firstpost  

The Cabinet Secretariat note reviewed by Firstpost said Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY is a globally unique scheme in terms of its coverage and quality of medicare New Delhi: A year after the launch of the world’s largest fully funded health insurance scheme, the government is looking to bring more than 300 hospitals run by Central Public Sector Enterprises, some of the best …

Ayushman Bharat, one year on: Big challenges and bigger opportunities lie ahead of govt's flagship programme
5 years, 3 months ago

Ayushman Bharat, one year on: Big challenges and bigger opportunities lie ahead of govt's flagship programme

Firstpost  

Ayushman Bharat has come up as a strong programme in improving and meeting the Indian population’s healthcare needs, but it has a long way to go. Ayushman Bharat, India’s cashless healthcare plan for half a billion people living in poverty, turned one on 23 September. Here’s a look at what the National Health Authority — which runs Ayushman Bharat — …

Ayushman Bharat helped 39 lakh people
5 years, 4 months ago

Ayushman Bharat helped 39 lakh people

The Hindu  

Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, the Centre’s national health insurance scheme, has unveiled its newly designed grievance redressal portal, which has a 3-tier system where district, State and national-level officers and committees can scrutinise and take action for speedy solution to problems. This is a sophisticated online system to help members of the general public to register …

Ayushman Bharat helped 39 lakh people save ₹12,000 crore: Harsh Vardhan
5 years, 4 months ago

Ayushman Bharat helped 39 lakh people save ₹12,000 crore: Harsh Vardhan

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Free-of-cost treatment under the government's flagship Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna has helped more than 39 lakh people save ₹12,000 crore since its launch in September 23 last year, the health minister said on Wednesday. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan reviewed the implementation of the scheme and said, "I am pleased to know that more than 39 …

Are you eligible for Ayushman Bharat Scheme? Here's what you need to know to check information online, offline
5 years, 5 months ago

Are you eligible for Ayushman Bharat Scheme? Here's what you need to know to check information online, offline

Firstpost  

Ayushman Bharat Scheme or the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 2018. The national health scheme offers insurance coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family, wherein “family” is not limited to the number of members or age. Rural areas The eligibility criteria listed below can be verified on the Ayushman Bharat official …

Doctors loot funds for poor in Ayushman Bharat Yojana, probe on
5 years, 6 months ago

Doctors loot funds for poor in Ayushman Bharat Yojana, probe on

India TV News  

Exploiting loopholes in the Union Government's mega health scheme - Ayushman Bharat, hundreds of doctors allegedly pocketed huge amounts of public funds meant for the treatment of poor patients. Under the scheme, doctors of government hospitals referred patients to private hospitals for specialized treatment. Concerned about the ongoing scandal, the Uttarakhand High Court has now directed the Trivendra Singh Rawat …

PM Narendra Modi’s historic decision to introduce ‘Ayushman Bharat’ benefits 10 crore families
5 years, 10 months ago

PM Narendra Modi’s historic decision to introduce ‘Ayushman Bharat’ benefits 10 crore families

Op India  

A baby girl Alia from Ranchi suffering from a critical heart disease, an 80-year-old lady from Panipat with a severely septic wound, a 59-year-old tea vendor from Aurangabad in Bihar diagnosed with oral cancer, a 60 year old tailor from Satara in Maharashtra admitted with chest pain and a youngster Devilal Nayak from Jharkhand with a broken hip – what …

Health budget focuses only on Ayushman Bharat, other schemes ignored
5 years, 11 months ago

Health budget focuses only on Ayushman Bharat, other schemes ignored

Live Mint  

Making Ayushman Bharat scheme the representative of all the healthcare initiatives in Budget 2019-20, Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance government forgot to focus on unprecedented disease burden looming large on the country. While the total health budget allocated to the ministry of health and family welfare for 2019-20 is ₹61,398.12 crore against ₹52,800 crore in 2018-19, an increase of 16.3%, …

Budget 2019: Ayushman Bharat remained highlight of health initiatives by the government
5 years, 11 months ago

Budget 2019: Ayushman Bharat remained highlight of health initiatives by the government

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Ayushman Bharat scheme remained the highlight among healthcare initiatives taken by the Narendra Modi-led government during the speech of finance minister Piyush Goyal, who presented the interim budget 2019-20 on Friday. “We launched the world’s largest health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat because our government empathizes with the pain of the burden of expenditure on medical treatment by …

Satya Pal Malik launches AB-PMJAY scheme in Jammu and Kashmir; project to provide medical insurance to 31 lakh residents
6 years, 1 month ago

Satya Pal Malik launches AB-PMJAY scheme in Jammu and Kashmir; project to provide medical insurance to 31 lakh residents

Firstpost  

Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik said the AB-PMJAY scheme would provide medical facilities to the poor and vulnerable families in secondary and tertiary care hospitals of the country. Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Saturday launched the ambitious “Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana ” scheme which would benefit over 31 lakh residents in the …

Ayushman Bharat: One lakh people benefitted under health insurance scheme, says J P Nadda
6 years, 2 months ago

Ayushman Bharat: One lakh people benefitted under health insurance scheme, says J P Nadda

Firstpost  

The health ministry has said the scheme will help in reducing expenditure on hospitalizations and help mitigate the financial risk arising out of catastrophic health episodes. New Delhi: Nearly a month after the rollout of the Centre’s PMJAY health insurance scheme, one lakh people have availed the benefits of the ambitious programme, Union Health Minister J P Nadda said on …

Ayushman Bharat helps 23,287 patients receive free medical care worth Rs 38 crores in just 10 days
6 years, 3 months ago

Ayushman Bharat helps 23,287 patients receive free medical care worth Rs 38 crores in just 10 days

Op India  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat has seen approximately 23,387 claims in just 10 days since its launch on 25 September. Dr Indu Bhushan, CEO of Ayushman Bharat has tweeted recently that a total of 1.7 crore beneficiary eligibility letters with family cards have been dispatched to reach thousands of towns and villages. Since radiotherapy not available at …

All about PMJAY-Ayushman Bharat, the national health mission
6 years, 3 months ago

All about PMJAY-Ayushman Bharat, the national health mission

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the ambitious health insurance scheme called, Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna -Ayushman Bharat. Ayushman Bharat is the National Health Protection Mission drafted by the Narendra Modi government with an aim to provide health insurance cover to nearly 50 crore Indians. At 50 crore, the number of beneficiaries of PMJAY-Ayushman Bharat scheme is roughly equal …

Over 1 lakh families in Puducherry to benefit from Ayushman Bharat
6 years, 3 months ago

Over 1 lakh families in Puducherry to benefit from Ayushman Bharat

Deccan Chronicle  

Puducherry: The Puducherry health department is to take part in the Ayushman Bharat –Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana scheme. According to the Directorate of Health and Family Welfare Services, the Union Territory of Puducherry will have 1.03 lakh families as beneficiaries of the scheme. The programme will be implemented by the health department in coordination with the stakeholders, including government …

PM launches mother of all healthcares
6 years, 3 months ago

PM launches mother of all healthcares

Deccan Chronicle  

Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday rolled out the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana -Ayushman Bharat, deemed as the world’s largest government-funded healthcare programme covering over 50 crore beneficiaries and termed it a “game-changer initiative to serve the poor”. “PMJAY-Ayushman Bharat is the biggest government- Dedicating the scheme to the “service of the daridranayaran,” Mr Modi said that the …

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