Hopeful that the scheme is financially viable with timely reimbursement
Private healthcare providers have lauded the government on the launch of National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), which aims to provide healthcare insurance to 10 crore underprivileged and vulnerable Indian families for secondary and tertiary care and ₹ 5 lakhs to every family who will be empanelled according to the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC).
“This is indeed going to be a game changer in healthcare delivery system. And we appreciate the efforts of the government to work towards creating a realistic pricing which will be a major factor towards ensuring the success of this scheme,” said Dr Naresh Trehan, Chairman and Managing Director, Medanta-The Medicity and Chairman, CII Healthcare Council.
“Healthcare providers will definitely be part of the world’s largest public health insurance plan and will go all out to make it a success but requests for scientifically based study on costs for the right reimbursements for some of the medical procedures,” said Dr Devi Shetty, Chairman and Founder of Narayana Hrudalaya, Bangalore.
“It is indeed a bold and aspirational scheme. The private sector certainly wants to participate and collaborate to help meet the aspirations and hopes that the pricing and timeliness of payments is taken care of to make the partnership a viable one,” said Rajit Mehta, Managing Director and CEO, Max Healthcare.