Private hospitals in Chennai deny dialysis to govt insurance beneficiaries
Many private hospitals in Chennai have allegedly refused to provide dialysis to pensioners and their family members under the TN Read more
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Regulated Pricing norms may have reduced Covid deaths
The parliamentary standing committee on health has asserted that a sustainable pricing model could have averted many Covid deaths in Read more
Private hospitals make 1700% profit on drugs
An analysis of bills from four reputed private hospitals in Delhi and NCR by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) Read more
Health Insurance: Private hospitals will have to display treatment costs
In a major move aimed at checking unnecessary medical tests and procedures, the health ministry on Sunday said it was working  on a plan to make it mandatory for all private hospitals to declare and display the treatment costs of different diseases.
Jagdish Prasad, director general of health services (DGHS), told TOI that the ministry’s plan would check overbilling and bring in  transparency in the healthcare sector. Read more
