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Officials accidental backstage hospitals rise monthly bills of Rs 80–90 crore for treating patients nether the scheme. (Representational Photo)
The Indian Medical Association (IMA), representing astir 600 backstage hospitals empanelled nether the Ayushman Bharat strategy (PMJAY) successful Haryana, has warned of suspending attraction services nether the strategy from February 3 if their dues of Rs 400 crore are not cleared. Meanwhile, the authorities has expressed optimism astir resolving the issue, stating that Rs 150 crore has already been released and the remaining outgo volition beryllium made wrong a week.
IMA Haryana president Mahaveer P Jain told The Indian Express that astir backstage hospitals person received negligible payments from the authorities since August 2024 for treating patients nether the scheme. Of the 1,300 hospitals empanelled successful Haryana, astir 600 are private.
In a missive to Ayushman Bharat Haryana CEO Sangeeta Tetarwal connected Saturday, the IMA Haryana portion said that suspending services would make unnecessary difficulties for mediocre residents of the state, adding that “responsibility for the aforesaid volition autumn with the department.”
“Empanelled hospitals successful Haryana person been enthusiastically participating successful this strategy since its motorboat successful 2018. Unfortunately, the motorboat of Chirayu cards successful November 2022 made payments precise erratic owed to the sheer numbers,” said IMA Haryana president Jain and honorary caput Dhirendar K Soni.
According to the letter, IMA representatives met Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini connected January 8, who ordered the contiguous merchandise of pending dues. “It is precise unfortunate that adjacent aft 15 days, our members person not received immoderate important payments, and adjacent the amounts received see large, unwarranted deductions,” they said. The relation has besides demanded a abstracted yearly allocation of Rs 2,000 crore for the scheme.
Ayushman Bharat Haryana CEO Sangeeta Tetarwal told The Indian Express: “There were issues of funds with the department, which person present been sorted out. Over the past 3–4 days, we released payments of astir Rs 150 crore. The remaining payments volition besides beryllium disbursed adjacent week.”
Officials accidental backstage hospitals rise monthly bills of Rs 80–90 crore for treating patients nether the scheme.
To grow the scheme’s reach, the Haryana BJP authorities launched the Chirayu strategy successful 2022. Under ‘Chirayu Ayushman Bharat Yojana’, the authorities offers escaped yearly attraction of up to Rs 5 lakh for families with an yearly income of up to Rs 1.80 lakh. For families earning betwixt Rs 1.80 lakh and Rs 3 lakh annually, this payment is extended for an yearly publication of Rs 1,500.
Last month, the Chief Minister said the authorities had spent Rs 2,139 crore connected aesculapian attraction for 16 lakh families nether the Ayushman-Chirayu Yojana since 2018. A fewer months ago, helium besides stated that 1.19 crore Ayushman and Chirayu cards had been issued, with plans to contented 30 lakh more.
In November 2024, Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatraya announced successful the authorities assembly that the escaped attraction bounds nether the Chirayu strategy would beryllium raised to Rs 10 lakh annually. Officials said this bounds would beryllium accrued further successful the adjacent future.
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