Fraud in Ayushman Bharat scheme J&K, over Rs.1.77 crore imposed as a penalty on hospitals involved in fraudulent activities
J&K state health agency (SHA) has suspended the empanelment of 13 hospitals and imposed heavy penalties on 17 others for their involvement in fraud while implementing the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).
Officials said over Rs.1.77 crore have been imposed as a penalty on the hospitals involved in fraudulent activities in 2022 out of which over Rs.1.34 crore have been recovered so far by the SHA.
SHA’s Anti-Fraud Unit conducts regular checks in this regard and notes wherever it finds discrepancies
As per official sources, the hospitals which have faced the action include Ibn Sina Hospital, Rs.24 lakh penalty imposed and empanelment suspended; Quality Care Hospital, Rs.6.64 lakh penalty imposed; Narayana Hospital, with Rs.54.62 lakh penalty imposed; Ess Bee Hospital, empanelment suspended; Waseem Memorial Hospital, empanelment suspended.
In addition, Florence Hospital in Chanapora (Srinagar), has an Rs.5 lakh penalty imposed; Shadab Hospital has an Rs.22 lakh penalty imposed; Mohammadiya Hospital has Rs.6 lakh penalty imposed; Kidney hospital in Sonwar (Srinagar), Rs.18.72 lakh penalty imposed. This hospital also faced suspension of its empanelment in February last year.
KD Eye Clinic Hospital, Rs.1 lakh penalty and suspension of empanelment; ASCOMS in Jammu, Rs.2.66 lakh penalty; while Al-Noor Hospital, Midcity Hospital, and South City Nursing Home faced the suspension of their empanelment in September last year.
Centre for Eye Care Hospital, Rs.1.64 penalty and suspension of empanelment in December last year. Noora Hospital in Srinagar, Rs.5.54 lakh penalty imposed; Baba Nayak Hospital, Rs.69,000 penalty; Raksha Kidney Hospital, Rs.20 lakh penalty; and National Hospital Jammu, empanelment suspended.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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Why only in J&K? Many hospitals in other states too milk Ayushman scheme to the max. Health agency should go after those hospitals as well.