Ayushman Bharat

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• Ayushman Bharat
• a flagship scheme of Government of India
• was launched as recommended by the National Health Policy 2017
• to achieve the vision of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). This initiative has been designed to meet Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and its underlining commitment
• which is to "leave no one behind." Ayushman Bharat is an attempt to move from sectoral and segmented approach of health service delivery to a comprehensive need-based health care service. This scheme aims to undertake path breaking interventions to holis
• promotion and ambulatory care) at the primary
• secondary and tertiary level. Ayushman Bharat adopts a continuum of care approach
• comprising of two inter-related components
• which are - Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) 1. Health and Wellness Centers (HWCs) In February 2018
• the Government of India announced the creation of 1
• 50
• 000 Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) by transforming the existing Sub Centres and Primary Health Centres. These centres are to deliver Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) bringing healthcare closer to the homes of people. They cover both
• maternal and child health services and non-communicable diseases
• including free essential drugs and diagnostic services. Health and Wellness Centers are envisaged to deliver an expanded range of services to address the primary health care needs of the entire population in their area
• expanding access
• universality and equity close to the community. The emphasis of health promotion and prevention is designed to bring focus on keeping people healthy by engaging and empowering individuals and communities to choose healthy behaviours and make changes that
• 2018 in Ranchi
• Jharkhand by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India
• Shri Narendra Modi. Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY is the largest health assurance scheme in the world which aims at providing a health cover of Rs. 5 lakhs per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization to over 12 crores poor and vulnerable
• therefore
• also includes families that were covered in RSBY but are not present in the SECC 2011 database. PM-JAY is fully funded by the Government and cost of implementation is shared between the Central and State Governments. Key Features of PM-JAY PM-JAY is the
• that is
• the hospital. PM-JAY envisions to help mitigate catastrophic expenditure on medical treatment which pushes nearly 6 crore Indians into poverty each year. It covers up to 3 days of pre-hospitalization and 15 days post-hospitalization expenses such as diagn
• age or gender. All pre–existing conditions are covered from day one. Benefits of the scheme are portable across the country i.e. a beneficiary can visit any empanelled public or private hospital in India to avail cashless treatment. Services include appro
• 929 procedures covering all the costs related to treatment
• including but not limited to drugs
• supplies
• diagnostic services
• physician's fees
• room charges
• surgeon charges
• OT and ICU charges etc. Public hospitals are reimbursed for the healthcare services at par with the private hospitals.