Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, February 25
Acting on the reports and complaints of discrepancies regarding the implementation of AB-Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana (SSBY), the State Anti-Fraud Unit (SAFU) has issued 77 show-cause notices to 63 erring hospitals.
Disclosing this here today, Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said the SAFU had been directed to monitor and take stringent action against frauds under the AB-SSBY.
He said Amit Kumar, who is chairman of the SAFU committee, informed that 77 show-cause notices had been issued so far to hospitals and penalty of Rs 27,67,358 had been recovered from various hospitals. As many as 14 hospitals had been de-empanelled, nine temporarily suspended and 24 issued warning letters.
To avail easy access of secondary and tertiary treatment services under the SSBY, the minister said the government had also established the District Anti-Fraud Units (DAFU) in all districts to check violations.
“To reduce financial burden on people, the government is vigorously working to cover all patients and around 828 hospitals have been empanelled across the state,” he said.
Health insurance: 63 hospitals issued notice for violations
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