Services at Ayushman Bharat- Health & Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) are free and universal to all individuals residing in the service area. AB-HWCs would provide service delivery of a package of preventive, promotive, curative and rehabilitative services delivered close to communities to overcome the challenge of dual burden of disease. The expanded range of services would include services related to Non-Communicable diseases (NCDs), Mental health, ENT, Ophthalmology, Oral health, Geriatric and palliative health care and Trauma care, in addition to the existing services of RCH and communicable diseases. Further Free Diagnostics and Drugs Services have been expanded to make more medicines/ diagnostics available at these AB-HWCs.

Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) provides health cover up to Rs. 5 lakh per family per annum for secondary and tertiary hospitalization care through a set of 1393 defined packages, including one (1) unspecified surgical package, across 24 specialties. The details of specialties covered under AB-PMJAY are at Annexure.

The Health cover under AB-PMJAY includes all the expenses incurred for hospitalization of beneficiaries and it includes the following components:

• Medical examination, treatment, and consultation
• Pre-hospitalization
• Medicine and medical consumables
• Non-intensive and intensive care services
• Diagnostic and laboratory investigations
• Medical implant services (where necessary)
• Accommodation benefits
• Food services
• Complications arising during treatment
• Post-hospitalization follow-up care up to 15 days

As on 06.02.2020, over 81.25 lakh cases of hospital admission amounting to Rs. 11,355.63 crore have been registered across 32 States/UTs under AB-PMJAY.

The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.

Annexure

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