The National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) on Saturday warned the public against fraudulent text messages asking for personal information, bank account numbers and passwords to renew National Health Insurance (NHI) cards.
People have reported receiving texts in the name of the NHIA with links to fake Health Passbook pages that request information to verify the devices, NHIA associate researcher Chen Tzu-yu (陳孜瑜) said.
Chen said that the Health Passbook, which is available on the NHIA app and its Web site, would never ask users for bank information.
As of Wednesday last week, the app has been downloaded 1,696 times, and 8.01 million people
1.35 cr beneficiaries to be covered under ESI scheme convergence with Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY ANI | Updated: Mar 11, 2021 00:00 IST
New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): Minister of State for Labour and EmploymentSantosh Kumar Gangwar on Wednesday launched the convergence of the ESI scheme with Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY in 113 districts of four states, on the culmination day of ESIC Special Services Fortnight in the national capital.
According to an official statement by the ministry, the convergence will ensure that 1.35 crore ESI beneficiaries in such districts avail cashless medical services through empanelled hospitals of Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY without any need of a referral.
To avail of medical care, the insured worker or the beneficiary need to carry an ESIC e-pehchan card or Health Passbook and Aadhar Card with them.
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ESIC has around 26 under-construction hospitals and 16 at the conceptual stage.
New Delhi: To ease the hardship being faced by ESI Beneficiaries in availing medical services in case of non-availability of ESIC s Health Care infrastructure i.e. Hospital or Dispensary or Insured Medical Practitioner (IMP) within a radius of 10 KM of their residences, the government has said that such ESI beneficiaries can now avail medical care services from nearby ESIC empanelled hospitals (pan-India) without the need for any referral from an ESI dispensary or hospital. Keeping in view the sizeable increase in the number of ESI beneficiaries subsequent to expansion of ESI Scheme in newer geographical areas, efforts are constantly being made to strengthen the ESI medical care infrastructure to provide better medical services in the vicinity of beneficiaries residence, an official release said.