In a bid to take more inclusive employee policy, Citigroup Inc has taken the initiative to extend its health insurance coverage all domestic partners, including live-in partners and LGBT partners…
In spite of the scheme Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY), the children and the mothers did not receive healthcare benefits because the number of earlier schemes would be spent most…
Seeing the potential in the country’s health insurance sector Manipal Group increased its stake in the joint venture (JV) to 51% buying TTK Group’s entire shareholding in the company which…
Deepak Parekh, HDFC Chairman, said health insurance sector is likely to emerge as the largest segment in the insurance segment, overtaking motor insurance, which is presently the largest portfolio for…
The government has recently reduced the salary contribution from 6.5% to 4% for industrial workers who are eligible for healthcare benefits under the Employees' State Insurance Act (ESI) Act. The…
Aditya Birla Health Insurance has recently introduced a health insurance product -'Activ Care'- for senior citizens. Aditya Birla Health Insurance says with this product, it is said to give 'proactive…
Tamil Nadu, which has integrated the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS) with the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat scheme, has submitted 1.25 lakh claims so far totaling Rs. 274 crore.…
In Ayushman Bharat scheme, in order to avoid windfall gains for insurance companies, a model tender document specifies the maximum gain an insurer can make if there is a surplus…
National Health Authority (NHA) is planning to remove procedures covered under existing national programmes from the list of packages approved for reimbursement under PMJAY. This means procedures like cataract surgeries;…
IRDAI and the National Health Authority (NHA) have formed a working group on the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY). The joint working group, to be chaired by…