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 CGHS beneficiaries.
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