Jammu, Dec 20: Action has been taken against 42 private hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir for denying treatment to eligible beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).
Union Minister of State for Health, Prataprao Jadhav informed the Lok Sabha that the hospitals cannot deny treatment to eligible beneficiaries under the Ayushman Card because under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, as per the terms and conditions of empanelment, hospitals cannot deny treatment to eligible beneficiaries of the scheme & in case of denial of treatment by the empaneled hospital, beneficiaries can lodge grievances.
Under AB-PMJAY, a three-tier grievance redressal system at the district, state, and national levels has been created to resolve the issues faced by beneficiaries in utilizing healthcare services.
He added that beneficiaries can file their grievances using different mediums including the web-based portal Centralized Grievance Redressal Management System (CGRMS), Central and State call centers (14555), email, letters to State Health Agencies (SHAs), etc.
Minister said that further, in appropriate cases, provisions for taking stringent action (such as de-empanelment, levying penalty on errant hospitals, suspension, issuance of the warning letter, lodging of FIRs) are available to the State Health Authorities against fraudulent entities but had ever J&K Govt processed such any kind of case despite knowing the facts raised some questions on concerned officers?
However, it is to mention here that another act of illegality is being committed by lot of private hospitals/ nursing homes by charging high rates by not displaying rates of various treatments/room charges, otherwise it is mandatory as per the norms for such institutions, which is needed to be acted upon.
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