Credit to CGHS Beneficiaries in Empanelled
Private Hospital to Continue: CGHS Press Release:
Government
of India
Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
Department
of Health and Family Welfare
Nirman
Bhawan, New Delhi
PRESS
RELEASE
CREDIT TO CGHS BENEFICIARIES IN EMPANELLED PRIVATE HOSPITALS
TO CONTINUE
There
have been reports in the Media that private hospitals on the panel of CGHS
are denying credit facilities to the eligible CGHS beneficiaries for delay in
settlement of hospitals bills. Lower package rates and inadmissible
deductions etc. have also been reported to be the other reasons for withdrawal
of agreed cashless /credit facilities.
24 out of
407 Private hospitals empanelled under CGHS decided unilaterally to discontinue
credit facility to the eligible categories of CGHS beneficiaries. Show Cause
Notices stand issued to these Hospitals and the empanelment of five
Hospitals has been suspended for a period of six months or till further orders,
whichever is earlier.
In this
regard, the CGHS beneficiaries are advised not to be guided by misleading
information as most of the private hospitals are continuing to extend the
cashless facilities to the CGHS beneficiaries. The Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare will ensure that the CGHS empanelled private hospitals continue
to extend cashless /credit facilities to the eligible CGHS beneficiaries in
compliance with the terms and conditions as laid down in the Memorandum of
Agreement signed by them with CGHS.
Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare has already taken special steps for clearance of
pending hospital bills on a priority basis and the pendency of bills is almost
cleared.
CGHS has
already invited bids for revision of package rates through a transparent tender
process, where the last date for submission of bids was 16th March, 2014. Steps
are underway to conclude the tender process early.
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Source: http://msotransparent.nic.in/writereaddata/cghsdata/mainlinkfile/File670.pdf
