In view of recent fire accident in a private hospital at Kolkata, department of health and family welfare has taken the decision making fire audit compulsory for all private hospitals and diagnostic centers empanelled under CGHS. The following Office Memorandum provides the details regarding the same.
The Addl.Director (HQ), CGHS, New Delhi, has issued an advertisement which includes the application format for engaging retired doctors on contract basis in CGHS dispensaries of Delhi.
In the normal circumstances, the pensioner who is CGHS beneficiary and his/her dependent family members are entitled to get cashless medical treatment In CGHS empanelled private hospitals on a referral by a Government medical specialist / CMO in-charge, after obtaining prior permission from the CMO
Department of Health and Family Welfare has issued Office Memorandum dated 16.11.2011 for empaneling certain private hospitals and diagnostic centers and revision of package rates at Bangalore, Bhopal, Kanpur, Jabalpur, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Delhi and Pune.
Department of Health and Family Welfare has issued the following Office Memorandum for streamlining the Empanelment of Private Hospitals under CGHS in which it has prescribed the application form and procedures to be followed
Fresh empanelment of Hospitals and revision of package rates at Allahabad, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Meerut, Nagpur, Patna, Hydrabad and Pune
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, has decided to implement a new Annual Medical Examination Scheme for the Officers for above 40 years of Age. Initially this scheme is started in respect of Group “A” Officers
Coronary Stents shall be permitted on the advice of Govt. Specialist, of which not more than two shall be of Drug Eluting Stents Permission shall be granted as per the laid down procedure
The Department of Health and Family Welfare New Delhi, has issued Office Memorandum in F.No. Misc. 1002/2006/CGHS(R&H)/CGHS(P) dated 31.10.2011 In supersession of the Ministry’s O.M dated 12.09.2007 for the revised rates and guidelines for Coronary /Vascular Stents for reimbursement for CGHS/CS(MA) beneficiaries. It has been decided that all DCGI approved Coronary / Vascular Stents are approved for reimbursement to CGHS/CS(MA) beneficiaries as per the ceiling rates mentioned in the new Office Memorandum.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, has referred to various doubts raised reagarding the CGHS Scheme and issued clarifications. It has been clarified that, if CGHS rate is not available for any treatment procedure in any CGHS covered city, the CGHS rate applicable to the nearest CGHS city or CGHS, Delhi, whichever is lower shall be admissible