royalpatiala.in News Impact- interests of hospitals empanelled under SSBY to be safeguarded- Soni
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royalpatiala.in had highlighted the issue, how Insurance Companies are manipulating the things and are responsible for debacle of PM-JAY Aayushman Scheme in Punjab .
Annoyed with problems being faced by Aayushman Empanelled hospitals, IMA-Punjab called a meeting in which more than 300 doctors from all over Punjab, who are having their hospitals empanelled with PM-JAY along with all IMA branch Presidents & Secretaries attended it and submitted authority letter to IMA Punjab for “Mass Quitting” of scheme.
Taking immediate action, deputy chief minister and state health minister OP Soni had convened an emergency meeting.
After a meeting with Health Secretary, Joint Secretary Health, SHA officials, insurance company representatives and IMA representatives, Soni assured the IMA that all the issues of the private hospitals will be resolved, their service interests would be safeguarded and further private hospitals will not face any difficulty at the hands of the insurance company.
He directed the insurance company to work in tandem with hospitals.
He said that the focus of the government was on the education and the health sectors and major reforms have been made on these fronts.
Soni said that private hospitals need to continue working with the same dedication and zeal as they had during the outbreak of Covid19 pandemic.
royalpatiala.in News Impact- interests of hospitals empanelled under SSBY to be safeguarded- Soni. Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojna (SSBY), the health insurance scheme run by the Government is running successfully in the state and its ambit would be enlarged to cover additional 1.5 million families.
Disclosing this through press communiqué, Deputy Chief Minister cum Health Minister Punjab OP Soni said that this would result in extendending insurance benefit to those sections of the society who were earlier deprived of this scheme. Pertinently, free treatment upto Rs. 5 lakh per annum is provided under this scheme.
Sad news for patients; mass quitting of PM-JAY Aayushman scheme by hospitals in Punjab
October 15,2021
