A review of PMJAY in a recent Lancet study, by Dubey et al, states that, “The PMJAY scheme overall is failing to target the most vulnerable population. This mis-targeting can risk inequitable demand and utilization of PMJAY….States with higher poverty headcounts and disease burdens are considered to have a higher need for PMJAY and vice versa. This discrepancy in need …
In an effort to eliminate wide variance in the design and nomenclature of beneficiary cards across States and Union Territories, the Central Government is planning a unified identity card for the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. “This will clear any confusion among beneficiaries and stakeholders like empanelled hospitals, implementation support agencies, insurance companies and third-party administrators,’’ said a …
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 …
