Punjab: 5 private hospitals de-empanelled for allegedly misappropriating Ayushman Bharat scheme funds
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Punjab: Five Punjab based private hospitals have come under the radar of the Health Department for allegedly misappropriating government funds received under Ayushman Bharat Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana by allegedly using fake medical bills to claim the funds.
According to a recent media report by Tribune, the hospitals were allegedly involved in some cases where they swindled government funds received under the scheme by using dummy patients or even dead patients and fabricating fake medical bills. The state authorities have de-impanelled the name of these hospitals from the list of beneficiaries under the Ayushman Bharat insurance scheme.
These five hospitals- Akashdeep Hospital, New Life Hospital, Verma Hospital, Manu Arora hospital, and Sandhu Lifecare hospital-- have been de-empanelled following a detailed report by Deputy Medical Commissioner Dr Kaur.
Civil Surgeon Dr. Charanjit Singh stated that as many as 87 private hospitals and 10 government hospitals empanelled by the health department under the Ayushman Bharat Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana.
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