Cashless Medical Treatment to continue

CGHS – Cashless Medical Treatment in CGHS approved Private Hospitals to Continue – Health Ministry

Ministry of Health has come up with a press release to the effect that Cashless Medical Treatment in CGHS approved Private Hospitals will continue as the Ministry has taken steps to clear pending payments to CGHs empanelled hospitals.

Last week Media were reporting that Cashless medical treatment in CGHS approved private hospitals is to be discontinued as Private hospospitals were not paid the dues by Government which accrued on account of cashless medical treatments given to Central Government Employees and Pensioners previously.

This is the press release of PIB

Government of India

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

07-March-2014 17:55 IST

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 CGHSbeneficiaries.

Source : Press Information Bureau