NO
WITHDRAWAL OF CGHS CASHLESS SCHEME - HEALTH MINISTRY’S PRESS NOTE:
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare
07-March-2014
PRESS
NOTE
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.
In this regard, the CGHS beneficiaries are
advised not to be guided by such misleading information. Delay in payments in
the last quarter of the financial year due to budgetary constraints is not a
new phenomenon and the hospitals are aware of it. Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare has taken special steps and the pendency is likely to
be cleared within a week.
CGHS has already invited bids for revision of package
rates through a transparent tender process. The last date for submission
of bids is 10th March, 2014. Measures have also been taken to streamline the
payment related issues in the ensuing empanelment process.
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. As per the information received by the Ministry, most of
the private hospitals are continuing to extend the cashless
facilities to the CGHS beneficiaries.
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