GUWAHATI, Oct. 29: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday launched a cashless treatment facility under the Ayushman Asom Mukhya Mantri Lok Sevak Arogya Yojana (AA-MMLSAY) here.
The new initiative will benefit state government employees, pensioners and their dependents, enabling them to access medical care without having to bear expenses upfront.
Beneficiaries will be able to avail cashless medical services not only in select empanelled hospitals within Assam but also in leading corporate hospitals across the country.
The chief minister also distributed health cards under the scheme and unveiled its digital newsletter. The health cards will serve as a gateway for both cashless treatment and reimbursement benefits under the scheme.
Speaking on the occasion, Sarma said MMLSAY was launched on October 2, 2023 to end the cumbersome and time-consuming reimbursement process for medical expenses.
Previously, employees and pensioners had to pay on their own and wait years for reimbursements owing to bureaucratic delays.
Informing that 2,23,826 employees and 6,172 pensioners have registered under the scheme so far, the chief minister said that registration under the scheme could be done anytime.
He said reimbursements have been made as per CGHS (central government health scheme) rates and that the state government would adopt the revised CGHS rates as soon as they are updated, ensuring parity in health benefits between central and state government employees.
In the first phase, the cashless service will be available in all government medical colleges and hospitals in Assam, all hospitals under the Assam Cancer Care Foundation, B. Borooah Cancer Institute, CN Centre, GMCH Annex; Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon; GNRC Group of Hospitals, Downtown Hospital, Guwahati; Max Healthcare Hospital and Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya Hospital, Guwahati.
