Telangana healthcare schemes face crisis as Rs 2,000 crore medical dues remain pending
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Telangana's healthcare schemes are facing a financial crisis due to Rs 2,000 crore in unpaid medical bills, causing small and medium hospitals to boycott the revamped Employee Health Scheme.
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- The Telangana state government has accumulated over Rs 2,000 crore in unpaid medical bills over the past 15 months, impacting the Employee Health Scheme and Aarogyasri health safety net.
- Small and medium-sized private hospitals have refused to sign agreements for the revamped employee scheme due to unsustainable reimbursement rates and persistent payment delays.
- While corporate hospitals are participating by utilizing co-payments to sustain revenue, smaller providers face significant financial deficits.
- The government continues to deduct health insurance contributions from employee salaries despite the widespread lack of participation from healthcare providers.
What to watch next
- Potential impact on patient access to care in district-level hospitals
- Government negotiations regarding package rates and payment backlogs
- Expansion of the healthcare scheme participation gap between corporate and small-sized hospitals
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Vaddiraju Rakesh
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“private hospitals are grappling with pending Aarogyasri medical bills scaling upwards of Rs 2,000 crore accumulated over nearly 15 months, alongside old EHS dues.”
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…for various medical procedures and treatments to private hospitals and the massive multi-crore financial backlog. According to Telangana Aarogyasri Network Hospitals Association (TANHA) president Dr. Vaddiraju Rakesh, private hospitals are grappling with pending Aarogyasri medical bills scaling upwards of Rs 2,000 crore accumulated over nearly 15 months, alongside old EHS dues. For small and medium healthcare providers in Telangana, carrying these mounting operational costs without timely payments from the State government has made it impossible to join the new EHS. In fact, none of 360 small…
“In contrast, the small and medium hospitals, which deliver the bulk of grassroots care, are unable to participate because of a lack of rates that will allow them to sustain,”
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…in Hyderabad have accepted the EHS framework because they have been allowed to collect co-payments from patients in the form of room upgrades, extra services, and diagnostics, cushioning their revenue streams. “ In contrast, the small and medium hospitals, which deliver the bulk of grassroots care, are unable to participate because of a lack of rates that will allow them to sustain, ” Dr Rakesh points out. For instance, certain medical procedures that previously paid Rs 32,100 under Aarogyasri, and were briefly adjusted to Rs 40,000, have been slashed to Rs 26,500 under the new EHS structure, which…
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