Over 28,000 hospitals empanelled under Ayushman in 4 years – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: More than 28,000 hospitals have been empanelled under the government’s Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) over the past four years, according to the annual report published by the National Health Authority (NHA). The reports also highlights that 45% of the empanelled medical facilities were provided by private hospitals.

The NHA is responsible for implementing the ABPMJAY, a public health insurance/assurance scheme launched by the Centre in 2018. Of the 19 crore people who received the Ayushman cards, 3. 95 crore had taken treatment under the scheme, the government said.

Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Sunday that the government plans to distribute 10 lakh Ayushman cards daily to the beneficiaries in future to bring more people under the ambit of this programme. “Earlier 1-1. 5 lakh Ayushman cards were made daily, now 4-5 lakh are made daily, my target is to make 10 lakh cards every day,” Mandaviya said, while inaugurating the ‘Arogya Manthan 2022’ to celebrate four years of implementation of AB-PMJAY and one year of implementation of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).

He said under the Ayushman Bharat mission, about Rs 100 crore will be spent in every district. He tweeted: “Stressed on making healthcare more affordable and accessible while addressing the august gathering. Also, called for taking AB PM Jan Arogya Yojana & Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission schemes to greater heights by working together in cooperation with States & private players.”

According to the NHA data, over 28,300 hospitals, of which 45% are private, havebeen empanelled so far under the AB-PMJAY scheme. Of the total 3. 8 crore hospital admission under the scheme, 46% were in government-run hospitals. Fifty-two per cent of the total admissions were of male patients. While 27% of the total patients admitted to hospitals were between 45 and 59 years, 24% were in the age group of 3-44 years.

ABDM was launched last year to provide digital health IDs to all citizens to help hospitals, insurance firms, and citizens access health records electronically when required. The ABDM hascrossed the landmark of one-crore digitally linked health records with over 27 lakh records linked in a day.