Minister of Health and Family Welfare Shri Dr.Harsh Vardhan said
in a written reply in Lok Sabha on 18th July 2014 regarding cashless treatement
to CGHS beneficiaries in empanelled hospitals.
23 hospitals in Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Jaipur had stopped
providing credit facility alleging pendency of payment of hospital bills.
Show-cause notices were issued and after review, 2 hospitals in Delhi, 2
hospitals in Bengaluru and one hospital in Jaipur were removed from CGHS panel.
There was short fall in the budget in the last quarter of
Financial year 2013-14. Additional Budget under PORB was received and direct
payment to hospitals (instead of payment through UTI-ITSL) upto Rs. 75 crores
was made and the pendency was largely cleared by 31st March 2014.
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