Jammu, June 15 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Monday stepped in to address the long-pending payment dispute between private healthcare institutions and the authorities implementing the Ayushman Bharat-SEHAT Scheme, amid growing concerns that private hospitals may stop accepting Ayushman Bharat "Golden Cards" from July 1.
Health and Medical Education Minister Sakina Itoo said the government was actively examining the issues raised by private hospitals and dialysis centres and would make every effort to resolve the matter at the earliest to ensure that beneficiaries do not suffer.
Speaking to reporters after inaugurating a medical camp organised by Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, the minister acknowledged that private ...