Will Telangana govt shun Aarogyasri?
5 years ago

Will Telangana govt shun Aarogyasri?

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao is encouraging state health department officials to understand the central government health scheme, Ayushman Bharat. A senior doctor on condition of anonymity explained the state of the scheme: “The scheme was started by former chief minister the late Y.S. Ayushman Bharat will come as a new scheme for those below poverty line and also do away with those who are misusing it.” State officials have been directed to hold discussions with officials of the central government to understand the additional benefits. According to the state estimates Ayushman will benefit only 26.11 lakh families but the state scheme covers 77.19 lakh families.

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Odisha Announces Ayushman Bharat Scheme for 3.5 Crore People
3 weeks, 3 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 …

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 …

Health sector sees reduced allocation
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Health sector sees reduced allocation

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The government's health, medical and family welfare allocation was reduced to Rs 11,468 crore in Thursday’s state Budget, reflecting a decrease of Rs 910 crore from the Rs 12,161 crore allocated in 2023-24. However, Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka pointed out that according to the revised estimates, the previous BRS government had spent only Rs …

Rajiv Aarogyasri Health Scheme in Telangana: Rs 10 lakh coverage, 163 procedures added
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Rajiv Aarogyasri Health Scheme in Telangana: Rs 10 lakh coverage, 163 procedures added

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Enhancing the benefit under the healthcare services in the state, the Congress government on Monday announced that the health insurance cover under the Rajiv Aarogyasri Health Scheme will be increased from the existing Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh per family per annum. The government has added 163 new health procedures to the existing list of 1,672 procedures …

Telangana government brings more health procedures under Aarogyasri scheme
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana government brings more health procedures under Aarogyasri scheme

The Hindu  

The Telangana government has proposed revisions to the package rates under the Rajiv Aarogyasri scheme and announced the inclusion of new medical procedures. Additionally, 163 new procedures have been added to the scheme, under the enhanced health assurance coverage to ₹5-10 lakh per family per annum. “The Telangana government established a committee to review the Rajiv Aarogyasri package rates, which …

Don’t link food security cards with Aarogyasri cards to provide healthcare services: Telangana CM
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Don’t link food security cards with Aarogyasri cards to provide healthcare services: Telangana CM

The Hindu  

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has directed the officials concerned not to link the food security cards with Aarogyasri Health cards for providing healthcare services to the poor. Digital health profile He wanted steps to be taken to provide Aarogyasri cards to all the people across the State and directed the officials concerned to prepare digital health profile of …

Congress govt. is striving to build a robust healthcare system in Telangana, says Industries Minister
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress govt. is striving to build a robust healthcare system in Telangana, says Industries Minister

The Hindu  

The Congress government is focussed on building a robust healthcare system in the State by creating a digital health profile of the people of Telangana, IT and Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu said. “Our endeavour is to ensure corporate-level healthcare services to the people free of cost across the State,” the Minister said after laying the foundation stone for a …

AP Government Suspends 39 Private Hospitals from Aarogyasri List
11 months, 2 weeks ago

AP Government Suspends 39 Private Hospitals from Aarogyasri List

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Acting firmly, the Andhra Pradesh government removed from the list of Aarogyasri 39 private hospitals, which had stopped providing healthcare services to people under the YSR Aarogyasri scheme, and served a show-cause notice to them on Friday. Several private hospitals had stopped providing healthcare to patients under the Aarogyasri and Employees’ Health Scheme from Thursday, January 25, on grounds …

Private Hospitals Stop YSR Aarogyasri Services in AP
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Private Hospitals Stop YSR Aarogyasri Services in AP

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Private hospitals empanelled under Dr. YSR Aarogyasri's scheme have stopped providing health care services to patients in Andhra Pradesh from Thursday onwards. Doctors of private hospitals have appealed to the state government that it release the promised Rs 560 crore immediately, which will help them resume healthcare services under the Aarogyasri scheme. On December 29, 2023, too, private hospitals …

Telangana government doubles coverage under Aarogyasri scheme to ₹ 10 lakh
1 year ago

Telangana government doubles coverage under Aarogyasri scheme to ₹ 10 lakh

The Hindu  

The Telangana government on Saturday announced a substantial increase in the insurance coverage offered under the Aarogyasri scheme. At present, the Aarogyasri scheme extends its benefits to 90.1 lakh families falling Below the Poverty Line. Since the establishment of Telangana State in 2014, approximately 18 lakh beneficiaries have received complimentary medical treatment through the scheme. The scheme was conceived to …

AP spent Rs 10,000 cr on Arogyasri in 4 years: Health minister
1 year, 3 months ago

AP spent Rs 10,000 cr on Arogyasri in 4 years: Health minister

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Health minister Vidadala Rajini has said the AP government has spent Rs 10,000 crore on Aarogyasri health insurance scheme during the last four years. “This year, the state proposes to spend Rs 3,500 crore for this purpose,” she said while inaugurating a health camp held under Jagananna Aarogya Suraksha at Isukathota Urban Health Centre here on Tuesday. The TD …

Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka: State tops in treating most number of women beneficiaries
1 year, 3 months ago

Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka: State tops in treating most number of women beneficiaries

The Hindu  

Since its inception in 2018 till August, 2023, Karnataka has treated 35 lakh women of the total 63.17 lakh beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka health scheme. Far above average While the national average of women beneficiaries under the scheme is 48%, Karnataka’s coverage is 55%, the highest in the country among large States. Besides, with 3,472 hospitals, Karnataka also …

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 …

Union minister praises AP for Aarogyasri
1 year, 7 months ago

Union minister praises AP for Aarogyasri

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Union health minister S.P. Singh Baghel on Sunday attended a meeting in Hyderabad with owners of hospitals providing services under the centre’s Ayushman Bharat and AP’s Aarogyasri scheme. Jagan Mohan Reddy is spending more than Rs 3,000 crore every year on Aarogyasri. The minister said seeing the success of the scheme, other state governments introduced similar schemes and the …

Aarogyasri benefitting 1.40 crore people, says minister
1 year, 11 months ago

Aarogyasri benefitting 1.40 crore people, says minister

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Housing minister Jogi Ramesh on Tuesday directed officials to resolve all complaints regarding Aarogyasri within the stipulated time. Jagan Mohan Reddy to provide all medical services to poor and middle-class people through Dr. YSR Aarogyasri scheme is fulfilled,” Jogi Ramesh underlined while participating in YSRC government’s “Gadapa Gadapaku Mana Prabhutvam” programme at Idugullapalli of Guduru mandal of Krishna district. …

AP govt adds more procedures in Aarogyasri; total reaches 3,255
2 years, 2 months ago

AP govt adds more procedures in Aarogyasri; total reaches 3,255

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Y.S. The chief minister said during a review meeting on health that the state government included 2196 new procedures to serve the people better. The chief minister said that the government has filled up 46000 posts in the health department with the sole aim of extending quality medical services to the people. The chief minister asked the …

754 procedures added to AP\'s Aarogyasri scheme
2 years, 4 months ago

754 procedures added to AP\'s Aarogyasri scheme

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The AP government has included 754 more procedures in the Dr YSR Aarogyasri scheme, increasing the number of treatment procedures in its list to 3,118. A new medical college is being set up in Parvathipuram in Manyam district and health officials must use the services of mid-level health providers as community health officers. He held a review meeting on …

Telangana pension scheme: No ‘asara’ for lakhs of eligible beneficiaries
2 years, 10 months ago

Telangana pension scheme: No ‘asara’ for lakhs of eligible beneficiaries

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Poturi Venkatamma and Ginjupalli Krishnaiah from Khammam district, Rachapalli Pochamma from Karimnagar and Vadla Mallesham from Vikarabad district could not be more different from one another. But they, as do 3,15,258 others in Telangana, have one thing in common that binds them in misery-a seemingly interminable wait for getting Aasara pensions from the state government. While the official figure …

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. …

Provide Free Of Cost Ration, Food and Medicines To Transgenders : Telangana HC To State Govt [Read Order]
4 years, 8 months ago

Provide Free Of Cost Ration, Food and Medicines To Transgenders : Telangana HC To State Govt [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has directed the state government to provide food, ration and medicines to the transgender community free of cost and without insisting on a ration card. The court said "The state government is directed to ensure that these commodities are given to the members of the transgender community free of cost and without insisting on the production …

Hyderabad: Private hospitals stop Aarogyasri as bills not paid
5 years, 4 months ago

Hyderabad: Private hospitals stop Aarogyasri as bills not paid

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With bills worth up to Rs 1,000 crores due from the government, 50 private hospitals on Saturday stopped providing healthcare to Aarogyasri patients. Speaking to this newspaper, Dr V. Rakesh, the president of Telangana Aarogya-sri Hospitals Association, said, “We want a detailed account of the money that is due from the government. We are not going to admit any …

Telangana apathy leaves Aarogyasri hospitals in poor health
5 years, 5 months ago

Telangana apathy leaves Aarogyasri hospitals in poor health

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Mounting debts in hospitals for the Aarogyasri scheme have peaked to Rs 1,500 crore. Dr V. Rakesh, senior member of TAHA, said, “Our strike in December 2018 was to make government realise that we have debts of Rs 1,000 crore and they must clear it immediately. Another senior doctor said, “The problem is that the government wants to operate …

Kerala already a member of Ayushman Bharat, PM Modi misunderstood situation: State health minister
5 years, 7 months ago

Kerala already a member of Ayushman Bharat, PM Modi misunderstood situation: State health minister

India TV News  

Joining issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his appeal to it for joining Ayushman Bharat, the LDF government in Kerala has said the state is already a member of the Centre's health insurance scheme and the PM has "misunderstood" it. Asking the prime minister to correct himself, state Health Minister K K Shylaja said that in fact, the Kerala …

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