MHIS phase-II to cover 7.6 lakh households in Meghalaya

SHILLONG: The second phase of the Megha Health Insurance scheme (MHIS) would cover as many as 7,59,515 households in Meghalaya.
Addressing a press conference here on Friday, Health and Family Welfare Minister A.L. Hek informed that the policy period for MHIS-II will commence from August 1, 2015, and asserted that the number of packages has been increased from 1142 to 1704.
The State government has signed an agreement with New India Assurance Company Ltd. to roll out the second phase of MHIS to provide comprehensive and universal health insurance cover for the entire population of the State.
MHIS-II provides enhanced coverage of up to Rs. 2 lakh for the beneficiaries.
The North East Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) has now been empanelled under MHIS-II, the health minister informed, adding that 13 hospitals outside the State have also been empanelled.
He further informed that enrolment for phase two of MHIS will begin in the first week of June.
Continuing with the innovations spearheaded by MHIS-I, the MHIS-II has been designed to fully integrate with the existing public health system in Meghalaya, Hek said.