India, April 10 -- The State Nodal Agency of Chhattisgarh has initiated action against 59 hospitals empanelled under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) for failing to comply with mandatory guidelines under the Hospital Empanelment Module (HEM 2.0), officials said.

According to the health department, the action follows directions from the National Health Authority, which had made it compulsory for all empanelled hospitals to update their profiles and upload required documents on the HEM 2.0 portal by December 31, 2025. Despite repeated reminders, several hospitals neither updated their information nor responded to queries raised on the portal.

Based on district-level recommendations and review, 21 hospitals t...