Covid-19: CGHS, HMDG, Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi in a REVAMPED form now; physical movement of files now is a thing of past

Digital India: Good news for central government employees as the Modi Government has launched a revamped Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) and the Umbrella schemes of Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) and Health Minister’s Discretionary Grant (HMDG) on National Health Authority (NHA)’s IT platform.  

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In its new form, these “citizen centric” health schemes have been made cashless and paperless as the verification of beneficiary’s identification, pre-authorisation and their claim settlement through our IT system can now be carried out without any physical movement of files. 

The schemes were launched by Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan. 

E-referral module developed by NIC has enabled CGHS dispensaries and wellness centres to issue online referral to empanelled hospitals, the union minister said during the launch.  

The hospital’s processing of application, submission of claims, CGHS team’s sanctioning, release of payment would be done online on the platform henceforth, he further said.   

CGHS is a comprehensive health scheme for serving employees, pensioners, Members of Parliament, ex-MPs and others as well as their dependent family members. It has expanded to 72 Cities with more than 38 lakh beneficiaries being covered under the scheme over the last 7 years, a government release said. 

It has also been notified that the present Unit Trust of India Infrastructure Technology and Services Limited (UTI-ITSL) bill clearing platform will run concurrently till midnight of 10/11 June 2021 to ensure that the CGHS pensioner beneficiaries don’t have face any inconvenience. 

RAN is a financial assistance up to Rs 15 lakh that is provided to the poor patients suffering from major life-threatening diseases like cancer and other rare diseases, for their medical treatment at government hospitals. The eligibility criteria to avail services under RAN had been based on state/union territory-wise BPL threshold. 

R.S. Sharma, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Health Authority stated in this regard that the verification of beneficiary’s identification, pre-authorization and their claim settlement through our IT system can now be carried out without any physical movement of files.