Green channel payment (gcp) set up for ayushman bharat pradhan mantri jan arogya yojana (ab pm-jay)

Why in news?

• Introduced by: National Health Authority (NHA)
• GCP aims to expedite insurance claim adjustments for empaneled hospitals treating AB PM-JAY beneficiaries.
• Under it, Hospitals with good records will be instantly reimbursed 50% of the bill for any treatment under scheme through this channel.
• Currently, the empanelled hospital receives payment once its claim is approved and paid by the State Health Agency (SHA) which is 15 days for non-portability claims and 30 days for portability claims.
• Significance of GCP
• Timely and judicious adjustments of claims raised by hospitals, which is key to the effective implementation of AB PM-JAY scheme.
• Encourage greater participation of hospitals in providing treatment to AB PM-JAY beneficiaries.

 About AB PM-JAY:

• It is an insurance scheme that offers cashless and paperless annual healthcare services benefits of up to Rs. 5 lakh per family for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization.
• It is the world’s largest Government funded health assurance scheme. > Beneficiary families under AB-PMJAY are identified from the Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011
• Launched in 2018, it is implemented by NHA (attached office of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare).
• It is implemented in all States and UTs barring West Bengal, NCT of Delhi and Odisha.