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Date: 2026-07-24 Category: LOKSABHA_QNA State: Union Government Country: India

Parliament Question: Timely Treatment and Reimbursement of Claims

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GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE LOK SABHA UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 1081 TOBE ANSWERED ON24THJULY,2026 TIMELYTREATMENTANDREIMBURSEMENTOFCLAIMS 1081.SHRIDAGGUMALLAPRASADARAO: Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased tostate: (a) the number of hospitals empanelled under the Central Government Health Scheme, State- wise anddistrict-wise for Andhra Pradesh; (b) the number of treatment requests received and approved in the country since its inception, year-wise,State-wise anddistrict-wise for Andhra Pradesh; (c) the number of claims submitted and compensation released, State-wise and district-wise for Andhra Pradesh; (d) the number of hospitals submitting reimbursement claims, State-wise and district-wise for Andhra Pradesh,alongwith the number of claimsreimbursed; (e)whether delayshave beenobserved inclaimprocessing, approvalor reimbursement; (f) if so, the average time taken, the number of delayed claims, reasons for delay and correctivemeasures undertaken bythe Government inthisregard,State-wise;and (g) whether there is a monitoring and grievance redressal mechanism established by the Government toensure timely treatmentandreimbursement,if so, the details thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE (SHRIPRATAPRAO JADHAV) (a)to(g) The number of Health Care Organizations (HCOs) empaneled under various Offices of Additional Director, Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) across the country isattachedat Annexure-1. Further, the District wise detailsof empaneledHCOs inAndhra-Pradesh are at Annexure-2.Reimbursement of medical claims in case of serving beneficiaries are done through respective administrative departments/Ministries. The reimbursement of medical claims in case of pensioner beneficiaries are done by CGHS. Details of expenditure made under Pensioner and Other RetirementBenefits (PORB) headinlast five yearsby CGHS isat Annexure-3. Beneficiaries can track the status of their Medical Reimbursement Claims online through the CGHS web portal as well as the MyCGHS 2.0 Mobile App using the Claim ID generated at the time of submission of the claim. CGHS has created dedicated digital dashboards within the CGHS HMIS module to track Medical Reimbursement Claim (MRC) cases and grievances among others. Access to these dashboards is given to all Additional Directors, CMO I/c at Wellness Centers, and other stakeholderstomonitoroverall progress, totalclaims, andaverage processing days, etc. Further, CGHS hasthe following mechanism tolodge a grievance:  CGHS Grievance Portal  CPGRAMS  Toll-Free Helpline & Email: For direct assistance, beneficiaries can call the toll-free numberor write tothe helpdesk at cghs-helpdesk@lsmgr.nic.in  Local Committees and Complaint Boxes: Physical Complaint boxes are available at Wellness Centers, and issues can also be raised during regular meetings of Local Advisory Committees(LAC) andZonalAdvisory Committees (ZAC).ANNEXURE-1 NUMBEROFHOSPITALS EMPANELLEDUNDER OFFICES OFADDITIONAL DIRECTORS, CGHS ACROSS THE COUNTRY S.No. Office of AdditionalDirector, CGHS No. of empaneledHCOs 1. Ahmedabad 47 2. Bangalore 60 3. Bhopal 84 4. Bhubaneswar 12 5. Chandigarh 171 6. Chennai 65 7. Dehradun 43 8. Delhi NCR 924 9. Guwahati 18 10. Hyderabad 128 11. Jabalpur 57 12. Jaipur 151 13. Kanpur 72 14. Kolkata 57 15. Lucknow 86 16. Meerut 60 17. Mumbai 102 18. Nagpur 101 19. Patna 51 20. Prayagraj 92 21. Pune 49 22. Ranchi 31 23. Shillong 08 24. Trivandrum 37ANNEXURE-2 District wise detailsof empaneledHCOs in Andhra-Pradesh Districts in No. of empaneled Andhra Pradesh HCOs East Godavari 03 Guntur 03 Krishna 02 NTR 11 Sri Potti Sriramulu 05 Nellore Tirupati 02 Vishakhapatnam 20 Total 46ANNEXURE-3 DETAILSOFEXPENDITURE MADE UNDERPENSIONER AND OTHER RETIREMENTBENEFITS (PORB) HEAD IN LASTFIVE YEARS BYCGHS Year PORB Expenditure (₹In Crore) 2021-22 2741.17 2022-23 4630.68 2023-24 4282.72 2024-25 5645.97 2025-26 6144.17 *****

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