Oct 01 2023, 12:09
The role of IRDAI on fraudulent practices by hospitals:
Health insurance major Star Health put around 100 hospitals in excluded providers’ list in Ahmedabad after it found their involvement in fraudulent practices. This irked Ahmedabad’s prominent hospital association that threatened to discontinue the cashless claim facility.
The clash between insurance companies and hospitals is back.
Here’s what IRDAI is doing to solve such relapsing tiffs. Once you enter a hospital as a patient, you will be asked to disclose if you have any health insurance policy and whether it is cashless.
For years, there has been a constant tiff between insurance companies and hospitals, and between customers and insurance companies.
Health insurance penetration in India, including public and private insurance, is low at around 40%. Over the past few years, health insurance coverage has been improving but it got a boost during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Health insurance premiums have risen significantly in the last three years and its overall share in the non-life insurance premium segment has increased to 35.3% in FY23 from 29.5% in FY21, as per data from regulatory bodies. regulatory bodies.
source:et
Oct 02 2023, 10:14