Re imbursement for heart operations for CGHS patients
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-241
ANSWERED ON-06.08.2013
Re imbursement for heart operations for CGHS patients
241 . SHRIMATI AMBIKA SONI
241. SHRIMATI AMBIKA SONI:
Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Ministry has restored the rates of re-imbursement for stents and
heart bypass surgery for CGHS patients; and
(b) if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD)
(a) & (b): Ministry has notified the ceiling rates for coronary stents vide Office Memoranda No. Misc.1002/ 2006/CGHS(R&H)/CGHS (P) dated 7th February, 2013 and 21st February, 2013. There is no proposal for further revision in the ceiling rates of stents as these have been finalised recently after due consideration.
There is no change in the CGHS package rates for heart by-pass surgery (CABG) since 2010.
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