The Haryana government has drafted the Ayush medical reimbursement policy, which will benefit employees, pensioners, and their dependents, officials said on Wednesday. The policy also aims to uplift the AYUSH system through its reach to all Haryana government beneficiaries, according to an official statement.
A decision in this regard was taken in a meeting of the state cabinet here on Wednesday, which was chaired by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. It said, “As the vast majority of these beneficiaries are getting themselves treated under the AYUSH system of medicine, but due to the lack of empanelled AYUSH hospitals, they are facing difficulty getting their bills reimbursed. In view of the difficulties, the policy has been drafted”.
All government AYUSH institutions and private AYUSH hospitals having National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH) certificates and entry-level NABH certificates will get empaneled under this policy. This will give a boost to Ayurvedic private practitioners as they can get their hospitals accredited, it said.
Haryana government employees, pensioners, and their dependents can avail themselves of the benefit of getting their illnesses treated through indoor admission in AYUSH-empanelled hospitals under the state government. “Chronic disease patients who were getting their outdoor charges reimbursed through allopathy will now get an opportunity to get themselves treated for the same disease through the AYUSH system and their charges reimbursed,” said the statement.
Few yoga and naturopathic procedures will also be reimbursed during outdoor treatment of chronic disease patients, “since there are no medicines prescribed for outdoor patients while getting treatment in yoga and naturopathic hospitals. The fixed package rates have been defined in all streams of Ayush, that is, Ayurveda (96 packages), Yoga (27 packages), Naturopathy (30 packages), Unani (85 packages), and Siddha (49 packages),” it said.
Private hospitals empaneled under this policy will charge the fixed package rates from employees that will be reimbursed after the submission of bills to the concerned department.
The hospital room rent is also fixed according to the basic salary of the employee, which will be charged by the concerned hospital as per entitlement and will be fully reimbursable, it said.
