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Govt plans centralised purchase for Ayushman; medical devices on GeM soon

The idea is to procure essential medical devices such as cardiac stents at a lower cost

NHA, IRDAI recommend measures to check frauds, data standardization

In the report, the experts recommended building a national repository of empanelled hospitals under insurance/government schemes with defined standards for quality and package rates and codes

Patients to fake websites: One year of Ayushman Bharat reviewed in numbers

The scheme is being used for secondary care more than tertiary care

Cabinet Secy directs Central ministries to empanel hospitals with AB-PMJAY

As of now, 18,649 hospitals have been empanelled and more than 55 lakh beneficiaries have been provided with free treatment under the AB-PMJAY

Slow but steady start

PMJAY has not yet made a dent where it's most needed

Letter to BS: PMJAY has not yet made a dent where it's most needed

Govt must improve the public hospitals. It cannot solely depend on partnerships with private hospitals

Best of BS Opinion: Educated unemployed mark India's looming crisis

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

How dependence of patients on Ayushman Bharat differs across states

About 300 days into operation, more than 3.3 million patients have been admitted under nearly 16,000 empaneled hospitals under Ayushman Bharat

The euphoria around PMJAY vs neglect of public health schemes

PMJAY is largely based on the erstwhile Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana, a model which was fraught with problems and has not led to any decline in the out of pocket (OOP) expenditure for the people