Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana

World Health Day 2023: Here's a look at govt healthcare schemes for all

From the Universal Immunisation Programme to the setting up of National tele-mental health centers, here is a look at some of the initiatives undertaken by the government of India to ensure health for

Ayushman Bharat: Patients prefer private hospitals for govt schemes

Despite accounting for 46% of hospital empanelments, private hospitals accounted for 54 per cent of 38 million hospital admissions under AB-PMJAY

Mandaviya to inaugurate Arogya Manthan to mark 4 years of Ayushman Bharat

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will inaugurate "Arogya Manthan 2022" to celebrate four years of the implementation of Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY)

Patients' out-of-pocket medical bill spend declined in 2018-19, shows data

The NHA 2018-19 highlighted that the Centre's expenditure on the National Health Mission was Rs 30,578 crore

Crafting credible public systems

Addressing the challenges of the last mile is key to ensuring outcomes

Hospital admissions under Ayushman Bharat double in the last 6 months

Numbers turning up for other medical treatment touch 1.5 million a month as Covid wanes

Rates under PM-JAY hiked, to boost private sector participation

Rates for 400 procedures hiked between 20 and 400%, black fungus treatment added

Why India's public health insurance doesn't work as well as it should

Three years since the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana began, it is yet to meet one of its main objectives

Covid-19 crisis: Private hospitals get a lifeline from Ayushman Bharat

Scheme has on-boarded 1,000 new hospitals in the last one month

Minister says PMJAY to be people's movement, but health system understaffed

Launched in September 2018, PMJAY, the national health protection scheme, offers insurance of up to Rs 5 lakh to 100 million poor households

Cipla plans to partner Ayushman Bharat; start dialogue with insurance firms

There is a plan to identify a list of essential medicines, including antibiotics, painkillers, etc, which the company may supply to the Ayushman Bharat-empanelled hospitals.

Before expanding, need to consolidate: Ayushman Bharat CEO Indu Bhushan

Ayushman Bharat scheme provides an insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh to 100 million 'poor and vulnerable' families

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

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

Slow but steady start

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

Ayushman Bharat has benefitted 100,000 within a month of its launch: Nadda

The scheme is expected to benefit up to 55 million people, providing them an annual health cover of Rs 500,000 for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation through a network of EHCP

Jan Arogya Yojana: PM to launch healthcare scheme on Sunday from Jharkhand

The Prime Minister will launch the scheme on September 23 but effectively it will become operational from September 25 on the birth anniversary of Jan Sangh co-founder Deendayal Upadhyay