Bhubaneswar, Aug 13: To make cashless treatment facilities hassle-free for all Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) beneficiaries, AIIMS Bhubaneswar Executive Director Dr. Ashutosh Biswas has inaugurated a special registration counter at OPD foyer.
This facility will be particularly beneficial for the senior citizens (retired pensioner beneficiaries of CGHS) who find it difficult to submit individual reimbursement claims and follow-up approvals, said Dr. Biswas.
Through this special facility at AIIMS, CGHS pensioners and other entitled categories of CGHS beneficiaries will have the advantage of accessing state of the art treatment facilities available here, without the hassle of first making payments and then seeking reimbursements from CGHS. This initiative will save time, reduce paperwork and also delays in settlement of individual claims. Till now, CGHS pensioner beneficiaries, availing treatment at AIIMS, are required to first make payment and claim reimbursement later from CGHS.
It may be noted here that, the CGHS pensioners and other entitled categories of CGHS beneficiaries will be eligible for cashless treatment in OPD, investigations and Indoor treatment at AIIMS.
Admission of the CGHS beneficiary shall be made only against production of valid CGHS Beneficiary ID Card for the treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar.
Medicines prescribed by the doctors here, for OPD treatment or at the time of discharge from AIIMS, will be collected by the beneficiaries through CGHS.
Medical Superintendent Dr. D K Parida along with Dr. Manoj Kumar Mohanty and others were also present on the occasion.
