INSURANCE COVER

Star Health PAT crashes to 51 lakh in Q4 FY25

The Chennai-headquartered health insurer reported an operating loss of Rs 86.9 crore during the Jan-Mar quarter of 2024-25. It had an operating profit of Rs 90 crore in the same quarter last year.

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IRDAI offers relief to morbidly obese

The move is set to benefit many patients as prevalence of obesity in the country ranges from 8-38% in rural areas and 15-30% in urban settings.
Pune: Patient foots Rs 6.70 lakh hospital bill, then seeks IPF cover for Rs 9,500

Charitable Hospitals Association is taking up the issue of fake cases crowding their plate
Manipur scheme’s e-interface offers a model for Ayushman

Planning to improve health scheme by offering free online doctor consultation through videoconferencing.
PM meets Asha workers

There are a total of 10,23,136 accredited social health activists (Asha) across the country.
‘Give insurance cover to biologics’

Dermatologists have appealed to insurance regulatory authorities to consider providing medical insurance cover for biologics prescribed for treatment of skin ailments as they are very expensive.
Health cards deactivated, over 3 lakh families left without insurance cover

Over three lakh families, many of them below poverty line, which were earlier enrolled under the Mukhyamantri Swasthya Bima Yojna (MSBY) are left without an insurance cover as their health cards have been deactivated. Many of them are reaching in a state of emergency to the hospitals only to find out that their cards are invalid or have been deactivated
Private hospitals to stop treating patients with government insurance cover in Karnataka

Super-specialty hospitals in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts have decided to stop entertaining patients who come for treatment with government health insurance schemes from Monday.