NPPA calls for better oversight of private hospitals savita24 Sept 2017 10:16 AM ISTMUMBAI (Reuters): India’s drug pricing authority called for better regulation of the country’s massive private healthcare industry to ensure...
Modi Attack on Knee Surgeries: Implants now under Price Ceiling, Effective Immediately Meghna A Singhania16 Aug 2017 9:39 PM ISTNew Delhi: Just a day after the Prime Minister, in his independence day address was seen promising that he will bring down the price of knee...
Metro Hospital denies overcharging, slams NPPA savita5 Aug 2017 5:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: Responding the to recent allegations on account of stent overcharging as well as the action taken by the NPPA of imposing a Rs 1.26 lakh...
New Delhi: Metro Hospital fined Rs 1.26 Lakh for stent overcharging savita4 Aug 2017 2:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has sent a notice to Faridabad's Metro Heart Institute, asking them to pay...
Top Hospitals sell Catheters at 500 percent Profit , Govt moves to Action Ruby8 Jun 2017 5:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: After the capping of prices of Cardiac Stents, authorities have now shifted their focus to another consumable for cardiac procedures...
Private hospitals fleecing ESIC patients for cardiac stents: CIC savita23 May 2017 2:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: Taking a serious view of private hospitals “fleecing” patients for cardiac stents, the CIC has directed the Employees State Insurance...
American Heart Association Endorses NPPA for Its Stent Price Ceiling Policy savita9 May 2017 12:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: While the move of the NPPA of capping the price of cardiac stents has become a topic of debate for many in the country, it seems to have...
Reusing single use devices: FDA warns Fortis hospitals savita28 April 2017 2:45 PM ISTMumbai: The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned two Fortis hospitals in the city of stringent action for allegedly reusing...
Stent Overpricing: 20 Hospitals told to refund Rs 52 lakhs to 80 patients Meghna A Singhania16 April 2017 10:12 AM ISTAhmedabad: Since the government came out with a cap of stent prices , sleuths of drug authority in the country have been out on hunt to prevent...
NPPA starts issuing notices to hospitals on stent pricing savita15 April 2017 9:15 AM ISTNew Delhi: Drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority(NPPA) has started issuing recovery and pre-prosecution notices to hospitals...
Complaints against 30 hospitals for stent overcharging: NPPA savita7 March 2017 1:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: Regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) said it has received complaints against 30 hospitals for overcharging on stents...
Stents pricing: Govt asks hospitals to make prompt refunds savita27 Feb 2017 2:44 PM ISTNEW DELHI: No action will be taken against hospitals under the scanner for overcharging on stents if they refund the money to patients before...
