Private Insurance Companies under Ayushman Bharat Initiative

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Ayushman Bharat
Ayushman Bharat

Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey has informed that Under Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), states have the flexibility to choose the mode of implementation. They can either implement it in insurance mode, or through a trust or in a mixed mode i.e. both the insurance and trust mode.  The States implementing scheme through Insurance mode select Insurance Company through open tendering process. The private insurance companies are allowed to bid in the open tendering process to allow level playing field. However, the decision lies with the State Government concerned and the Government has no role in the selection of Insurance company.

Under AB-PMJAY, 1393 procedures have been laid down for treatment of beneficiaries.  A statement indicating State-wise number of beneficiaries admitted for treatment and amount on account of hospitalization is given below:

Details of Hospitalization under AB-PMJAY
Sl. No. State No of Hospital Admissions Amount for Hospital Admissions
Andaman And Nicobar Islands 23 69,900
Andhra Pradesh 147,378 4,149,416,562
Arunachal Pradesh 709 11,894,687
Assam 57,176 837,883,007
Bihar 56,139 565,105,942
Chandigarh 958 8,793,795
Chhattisgarh 611,216 4,467,368,971
Dadra And Nagar Haveli 13,327 84,385,920
Daman And Diu 5,031 42,497,182
Goa 1,415 45,784,121
Gujarat 523,011 9,152,275,799
Haryana 31,985 423,768,613
Himachal Pradesh 21,621 189,594,841
Jammu And Kashmir 23,712 143,539,076
Jharkhand 201,369 1,553,624,781
Karnataka 218,461 5,530,356,358
Kerala 574,448 2,863,340,460
Madhya Pradesh 107,718 1,505,484,559
Maharashtra 148,753 3,866,353,985
Manipur 3,801 61,403,820
Meghalaya 21,581 136,463,418
Mizoram 14,823 81,043,280
Nagaland 1,265 12,524,639
Sikkim 171 1,099,250
Tamil Nadu 256,395 6,186,951,217
Tripura 20,499 64,803,621
Uttar Pradesh 130,721 1,434,346,595
Uttarakhand 55,379 462,166,166
West Bengal 17,636 170,981,470
Grand Total 3,266,721 44,053,322,035

 

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