Govt launches digitized versions of health schemes on NHA’s IT platform

Union Health and Family Welfare Minister has launched the 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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The CGHS is a comprehensive Health Scheme for Serving Employees, Pensioners, Members of Parliament, ex-MPs, etc., and their dependent family members.

During last 7 years it has expanded to 72 Cities with more than 38 lakh beneficiaries are covered under the scheme. Although CGHS started in 1954 in New Delhi, wherein till 2014 only 25 cities were covered.

CGHS retired pensioners are provided Cashless treatment at empanelled centres which will now be made seamless in the new platform.

e-referral module developed by NIC has enabled CGHS dispensaries and wellness centres to issue online referral to empanelled hospitals.