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Government of India
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
08-February-2019 16:04 IST
Health and Wellness Centres under Ayushman Bharat

The key components of PMJAY and HWCs under Ayushman Bharat are given below:

Prime Minister Jan ArogyaYojana [PMJAY]

  1. Government of India has launched Ayushman Bharat PradhanMantri Jan ArogyaYojana (PMJAY) on 23.09.2018. PMJAY is a centrally sponsored scheme. It is entirely funded by Government and the funding is shared between Centre and State governments as per prevailing guidelines of Ministry of Finance.

 

  1. PMJAY provides health coverage up to Rs. 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary hospitalization to around 10.74 crore poor and vulnerable families (approx. 50 crore beneficiaries).

 

  1. PMJAY is an entitlement-based scheme. This scheme covers poor and vulnerable families based on deprivation and occupational criteria as per SECC data.

 

  1. PMJAY provides cashless and paperless access to services for the beneficiary at the point of service in any (both public and private) empanelled hospitals across India. In other words, a beneficiary from one State can avail benefits from an empanelled Hospital anywhere in the Country.

 

  1. Under PMAJY, the States are free to choose the modalities for implementation. They can implement the scheme through insurance company or directly through the Trust/ Society or mixed model.

 

  1. There is no restriction on family size, ensuring all members of designated families specifically girl child and senior citizens get coverage.

 

  1. At the national level, the National Health Authority (NHA) has been set up to implement the scheme.
  2. AnMoU has been signed between National Health Agency (now National Health Authority) and 33 States/UTs to implement PMJAY.
  1. About 1393 treatment packages are available for the beneficiaries under PMJAY.
     
  2. The details of package, operational guidelines and key features are available at www. pmjay.gov.in

More than 1350 packages are available for the entitled beneficiaries of PMJAY.  The details of package, operational guidelines and key features are available at www. pmjay.gov.in

The total number of hospitals empaneled under PMJAY is 14,440. Out of these, 7118 are public hospitals. The number of beneficiaries hospitalised under AB-PMJAY are 10,59,693.

As on 05.02.2019, 33 States/UTs have signed MoUs with National Health Agency (now National Health Authority), the implementing body for PMJAY. Only States of Telangana, Odisha, and Union Territory of Delhi have not signed the MoU.

Ayushman Bharat -  Health and Wellness Centres

In order to expand access to Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC), under Ayushman Bharat - Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs), Sub Health Centres (SHCs) and Primary Health Centres (PHCs) are being strengthened as Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs). The HWCs are to provide preventive, promotive, rehabilitative and curative care for an expanded range of services encompassing reproductive and child health services, communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, palliative care and elderly care, oral health, ENT care, and basic emergency care. The services in HWCs will be provided through a Mid-level Health Care Provider (MLHP)/Community Health Officer (CHO) placed at a HWC-SHC and Medical Officer at PHC (Rural/Urban). The MLHP/CHO will undergo a Certificate in Community Health through IGNOU or public university.

 

The key elements for roll out of CPHC through HWC are as under:

•           Expended Service Delivery.

•           Continuum of Care – Tele-health/ Referral.

•           Expanding HR- MLHP & Multiskilling.

•           Medicines & Expanding Diagnostics.

•           Community Mobilisation and Health Promotion.

•           Robust IT System.

•           Infrastructure.

•           Partnership for Knowledge & Implementation.

•           Financing/ Provider Payment Reforms.

 

As per information provided by the States/ UTs on HWC portal, the state wise details of operationalized HWC as on 04.02.2019 are as under -

 

State/UT

Operational HWCs Status on Portal 04/02

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

30

Andhra Pradesh

1361

Arunachal Pradesh

54

Assam

301

Bihar

211

Chandigarh

10

Chhattisgarh

199

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

27

Daman & Diu

24

Goa

14

Gujarat

347

Haryana

133

Himachal Pradesh

2

Jammu & Kashmir

36

Jharkhand

333

Karnataka

548

Kerala

350

Madhya Pradesh

97

Maharashtra

248

Manipur

29

Meghalaya

1

Mizoram

1

Nagaland

5

Odisha

486

Puducherry

2

Punjab

373

Rajasthan

451

Sikkim

5

Tamil Nadu

1318

Telangana

445

Tripura

71

Uttar Pradesh

467

Uttarakhand

51

West Bengal

0

 

8030

 

HWC Portal: https://ab-hwc.nhp.gov.in

 

While under PMJAY free hospitalisation care is being provided to around 10.74 crore families belonging to identified criteria as per SECC database, both rural & urban, under Ayushman Bharat - Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs), Comprehensive Primary health care is being delivered through HWCs covering prevention, promotion and ambulatory care at primary level.

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

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MV/LK