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The old health insurance model sees hospitalisation as an inconvenience, says Narayana Health's Viren Prasad Shetty; bets on managed care modelIt has been close to two years since Narayana Health’s wholly owned subsidiary, Narayana Health Insurance—which has adopted a ‘managed heal...- How a family used AI chatbot to slash down a hospital bill by over Rs. 1 croreA U.S. family facing a staggering $195,000 (Rs 1.73 crore) hospital bill for just four hours of treatment after a relative’s death used AI ...
- Supreme Court seeks States' reply on redressal of complaints of overcharging by hospitals from COVID patientsEarlier, the Supreme Court had said that it will devise a mechanism for redressal of grievances concerning overcharging of expenses by hosp...
- Will devise mechanism for grievances redressal of over-charging by hospitals: SCAdvocate Krishna Ballabh Thakur, appearing for petitioner Abhinav Thapar, said that a lot of difficulties were faced by the patients during...
- HC refuses to pass direction to ensure no overcharging by pvt hospitalsA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan said though the issue raised in the plea is good, it cannot pass any general d...
- In a first, syringe and needle manufacturers seek price capSyringes and needles are among the most commonly used devices which account for huge bills, and are being used by hospitals to fleece patie...
- Burman Hospitality sends legal notices to hospitality developer Epicuria for overchargingEpicuria runs the swish food mall in New Delhi’s Nehru Place, with prominent restaurant finedining and quick service brands and bars such a...
- Woman dies after surgery in Gurugram hospital, son billed Rs 17 lakh, files police complaintThough police have accepted the complaint, a decision on whether a case is to be registered will be taken only after the health department ...
- Hospitals prescribe drugs excluded from price control to boost profit: NPPAFour hospitals in the NCR marked up the retail prices of such medicines as much as 12-fold from the rates at which they were purchased, NPP...
- Bring in system to stop harassment of patients over bills: HC to Maha govt"The state must come up with a system that balances the rights of the patients with those of the hospitals," said a bench of the Bombay Hig...
- Fortis Gurgaon marked up medicines, consumables billed to dengue patient as much as 1,700%For medicines under price control, the mark-ups that Fortis took were anywhere between 5% & 350%. For price control category, family was ov...
- Fortis case: Have written to HUDA to cancel lease, says VijFollowing the indictment by the panel, Vij had said that an FIR will be lodged against the private hospital while the license of its blood ...
- Fortis case: Family should move consumer court, says Union minister Ram Vilas PaswanThe case relates to the death in September of a 7-year- old girl who was admitted with dengue to the Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FM...
- Fortis dengue case: Government to probe negligence, overcharging claimsThe hospital yesterday claimed that an itemised bill "spread over 20 pages was explained and handed over to the family" at the time of thei...
- No medical negligence; family apprised of bill: FortisIt said in a statement that there was no medical negligence and all standard protocols were followed in the treatment of the patient at the...
- NPPA moves to prevent distributors from taking higher cuts on stentsThrough this move, NPPA has plugged the gap for ‘manipulating’ trade margins in coronary stents, the regulator’s chairman stated on Twitter.
- Stents pricing: Govt asks hospitals to make prompt refundsThe National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) said the matter would end there for such hospitals if there were no further complaints.
- Cashless medical facilities restored in 449 hospitals: GovtCashless medical facilities for persons insured with PSU companies have been restored in 449 hospitals in four big cities after hospitals h...
- Insurers set 10-day cashless deadlineThe standoff between insurance companies and private hospitals over cashless treatment continues, defying hopes of millions of Mediclaim po...
- Cashless mediclaim: Insurers to buy equipment, drugs directlyPublic sector health insurance companies are proposing to order and pay for medicines and medical equipment themselves.
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