Ayushman Bharat Scheme: National Health Authority may change rates of treatment to encourage participation by more private hospitals

Private sector participation is likely to increase in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious scheme Ayushman Bharat.

The charges one has to pay for different treatments are fixed under Ayushman Bharat health scheme and as the charges cannot be changed private sector hospitals participation lacks interest in this scheme.

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The National Health Authority decides the charges of treatments under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme and it may soon make some changes in the cost of treatments, which will also increase the participation of the private sector hospitals. Common people will benefit from increasing private sector participation.

As per the information, standardization of hospital rates will be done in such a way that hospitals do not earn much profit. The Government is also preparing a model to speed up the process of claim settlement so that hospitals can be paid immediately.

According to the information, 23000 hospitals are associated with Ayushman Bharat Scheme and at present, the share of private sector is close to 40 percent.

An official associated with the National Health Authority informed Zee Business that private hospitals do not want to participate in the Ayushman Bharat Scheme because the rates of treatment are not feasible.

While on the other hand cost of some treatments are more than the fixed rates for government hospitals as well but the rest of the treatments are done in free in government hospitals, so it does not have much problem.

As per the information, under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme 2 crore people have been treated and health insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh annually is being provided to each family under the scheme.