Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana 2024: Online Registration

Punjab Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana 2024 is focused on providing the required medical care free of cost for the needy. Learn about the enrollment procedure, updates, and eligibility

Punjab Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana

The Punjab sarbat sehat Bima Yojana was launched by the chief minister of Punjab to uplift the underprivileged. The main objective of initiating this Yojana is to provide access to all the people in Punjab to free medical services. The state’s underprivileged residents will be given access to cashless healthcare so they can visit the hospital for exams and procedures without worrying about money. 

Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana 8 Mobile Teams To Make E-Cards

In this scheme, the applicant receives an examined e-cards.

1. In this meeting, it was also determined that Blue card holders, J Farms, small business owners, and journalists would all receive benefits from the Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana
2. 8 mobile teams are initiated to produce e cards for each and every beneficiary to administer this program. This program in compasses the labour department, civil supply department, Punjab Mandi board excise department, and the taxation department

Details Of Sarbat Sehat Yojana

Name	Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana
Launched by	Chief Minister of Punjab
Beneficiaries	Residents Of Punjab
Objective	Providing health benefits
Official website	https://www.shapunjab.in/home

15 Lakh More Families Covered

The Punjab cabinet authorised the Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana’s free insurance coverage for 15 lakh additional families on 17 September 2021. Before, the programme did not provide coverage for these families. Captain Amrinder Singh, the Chief Minister, made this choice during a virtual meeting where the State Health Department recommended including these families in the programme on a co-sharing basis. The family must split the cost with other families, but the Punjabi government has chosen to bear the entire cost for the families. Now, 55 lakh families would be covered at a total yearly cost of ₹593 crore by the state government, allowing for a ₹5 lakh per family insurance cover for secondary and tertiary treatment in accredited public and private hospitals.

₹913 Crore Paid For Medical Treatment

The government has tasked the Health and Family Welfare Department with creating the enrollment process for qualified families. 

1. A total of 39.38 lakh families
2.  5.07 lakh farmers
3. 3.12 lakh construction workers
4. 4481 accredited journalists
5. 33096 small business owners and their families have benefited from this programme

Increase In Treatment Rates For Empanelled Private Hospitals

As you are all aware, the people of Punjab now have access to health insurance thanks to the Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana. On 25 May 2021, Punjab’s Balbir Singh Sindhu, Minister of Health, made the announcement that all Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana recipients would receive free treatment for covid-19 in all accredited private hospitals. Previously, this program’s empanelled private hospital had treatment charges ranging from ₹1800 to ₹4500. The Punjab government has recently raised these prices for covid-19 treatment since the central government imposed them. The new daily charges range from ₹8000 to ₹18000.

Beneficiaries To Get Free Covid-19 Treatment

The cap charges (which include beds, PPE Kits, medications, investigations, consumables, nursing care, monitoring, doctor’s fees, oxygen, etc.) will be deducted from the costs that the insurance company will pay for treatment, and the state government will then determine the difference in treatment costs. The recipients of this programme are not required to obtain a referral form from public hospitals in order to receive care for COVID-19. They can receive covid-19 treatment right away at the accredited private hospital. All of the Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana recipients will now receive free treatment for covid-19.

12702 Patients Gets Benefit Of Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana

Under this programme, 12702 patients in the district have access to cashless treatment options. The Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana now covers the treatment of major illnesses including cancer and neurosurgery, among others.

1. These days, this programme also includes amenities like MRI and CT scan machines. This programme covers over 12 public hospitals in the district, including Tarn Taran Civil Hospital, Patti, Khadoor Sahib, Sarhali, Kasel, Kairon, Jhabbal, Ghariala, Khem Karan, Mianwind, Naushehra Pannu, and Sursingh Community Health Center
2. The Market Committee Tarn Taran, Jhabbal, Naushera Pannu, Patti, Bhikhiwind, Harike port, Khadur Sahib, and Khemkaran can be contacted by all beneficiaries who wish to create their electronic cards. In order to create e-cards, the beneficiaries can also get in touch with counsellors, sarpanchs, Asha workers, or Anganwadi workers.

Beneficiaries to Enrol in Six Months 

The administration has sped up the process for generating e-cards under this plan. Nearly 46 lakh e-cards have been distributed thus far.

1. By holding a camp at the village level in each district, the administration plans to speed up the creation of e-cards
2. The concerned departments will set up these camps, and all qualified families will receive e-cards that have been prepared
3. All Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana beneficiaries will be covered for six months by the establishment of special centres that will produce Ecards
4. In order to register all the farmers under this programme, the Punjab Mandi Board has further mandated to set up camps at the market committee
5. Additionally, the excise and revenue department has been given the go-ahead to plan an awareness campaign for the program’s small business beneficiaries.

COVID-19 Insurance

An announcement on the insurance for front-line employees during the COVID-19 Crises has been made in Punjab. Included in this are sanitation employees, Safai Karamcharis, ward boys, doctors, Asha workers, specialists, paramedics, technicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. In the event of an accident, the beneficiary would receive compensation in the sum of ₹50 lakh. This programme went into effect after 30 April 2020 and is valid for 90 days.

Beneficiary Statistics

Category	Statistics
SECC	14.86 Lakh
NFSA Ration Card	20.43 Lakh
Construction Worker	2.38 Lakh
Small Traders	0.46 Lakh
J-Form Holder Farmers	4.94 Lakh
Small and Marginal Farmers	2.76 Lakh
Accredited and Yellow Card Journalist	4700
Total Families	61 Lakh

Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana Update

As you are all aware, the government has made the Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana implementation process available. The health secretary of Punjab, Hussain Lal, conducted a virtual conference with the representatives of the Faridkot district. The Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana implementation process has been discussed during this conference. The authorities have been instructed to inform the public of the advantages of this programme. Amit Kumar, special secretary and CEO of health, reviewed this plan with the deputy commissioners of every district in the state. In order for the participants of the Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana to receive the greatest advantage, he has ordered that all of the milestones under the programme be met on time.

Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana Cards

All people who possess a smart ration card, labourers registered with the labour department, farmers recognised and in possession of a yellow card, journalists, excise and small traders registered with the tax department, etc. would benefit from the Sehat Sarbat Bima Yojana. Up to ₹5 lakh will be treated without the use of cash. The recipients must create cards in order to receive the reward. They will receive cashless service thanks to these cards. The hospital will give clients with cashless care up to ₹5 lakhs if they present these cards upon receiving treatment. By paying a fee of ₹30, these cards would create service centres.

Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana Service Centres

Card-making services will be offered starting on February 17 at Type 1 Service Centers, starting on 22 February  at Type 2 Service Centers, and starting on 26 February at Type 3 Service Centers. In addition to the service centres, card-making services will also be offered at Common Service Centers On business days, these cards will be produced from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Beneficiaries can call the Health Department’s helpline at (844) 104 if they need any additional information on the Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana. As of now, the Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana has produced 1,29,274 cards. The endeavour to reach as many beneficiaries as possible with this benefit

₹912.81 Crore Provided To The Beneficiaries Till Now

In the last two years, 8.06 lakh patients have received free treatment worth ₹912.81 crore through the Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana. Balbir Singh Sidhu, the Punjab’s health minister, gave this information at a state-level event hosted at the Kisan Vikas chamber in Mohali. To mark the beginning of the third year of this programme, this event was held.

 This programme has been introduced in Punjab to provide for all of the secondary and tertiary level students’ medical needs. The benefits of this programme have been received by more than 8 lakh people. Among these 80,000 persons, 13940 patients received heart surgery, 4964 underwent knee and hip replacements, 12133 underwent cancer treatment, and 203135 underwent dialysis.

1579 Treatment Packages Under Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana

In the previous two years, e-cards have been distributed to more than 71 lakh beneficiaries of the Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana. There are 898 hospitals, both public and private, that the government has accredited. Through this programme, the participants may obtain indoor hospitalisation for about 1579 treatment plans. This programme benefits all families who are recorded in the 2011 socio-economic census, including farmers holding J forms, sugar cane weight slip holders, registered construction workers, small business owners, yellow card holders, and accredited journalists.

SBI General Insurance Chosen To Service Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana

The Punjab government has picked the State Bank of India general insurance to administer the Ayushman Bharat Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana. The business will be crucial in increasing the availability of health insurance across the state. The least privileged portion will receive special coverage from the SBI General Insurance Company. Suraksha and Bharosa will offer the state’s inhabitants cashless treatment for up to ₹5 lakh through this programme. This programme will assist around 40 lakh Punjabi families that qualify.

Achievements Of Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana

1. 46 lakh E-cards have been issued thus far
2. 3.80 lakh patients have been treated as part of the Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana
3. The Punjabi government has invested ₹453 crore in the programme
4. As part of the Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana There are 767 hospitals approved
5. More than 6600 heart operations, 3900 joint replacements, 9000 cancer treatments, and 96,000 dialysis had been performed as of this writing
6. The programme also includes coverage for covid-19 therapy
7. Health insurance coverage up to ₹5 lakh per recipient family is provided under this programme
8. There are now 1579 health packages, up from 1393 previously.

Incentives Under Sarbat Sehat Yojana

Punjab state’s underprivileged families would receive incentives. Following are a few of the finalised benefits for these people

1. A cashless health insurance policy for each family of ₹5 lakh per year, helping them to get over their financial difficulties
2. 1396 packages for cashless secondary and tertiary care are available at Punjab and Chandigarhi public hospitals and accredited private institutions
3. Government hospitals will receive 124 cargoes in all
4. A treatment strategy calls for spending money on pre-hospitalisation for three days and post-hospitalisation for fifteen days
5. Large diseases have been covered
6. List of Punjab Ration Cards.

Types Of Beneficiaries Under Sarbat Sehat Yojana

The different categories of beneficiaries are as follows

1. 2.38 lakh construction employees are employed by the construction welfare board. 0.46 lakh families are classified as small traders by the excise & taxation department of the Punjab government
2. 14.86 lakh SECC NFSA Ration Card holders and 20.43 lakh Smart Ration Card holders
3. Farmers in J-Form: 4.94 lakh Holders of J-Forms under the Punjab Mandi Board; 2.76 lakh Small and Marginal Farmers Holders of J-Forms under the Punjab Mandi Board; 4700 journalists are accredited and possess a yellow card, according to PUNMEDIA and the Punjabi government.

Eligibility Criteria

The following are the standard requirements to be eligible for the program’s benefits

1. The candidate must reside in Punjab state
2. The candidate must fall under one of the aforementioned categories
3. The applicant must fall within the group of those who live in poverty
4. A ration card must be present while applying.

Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana Registration Process

The recipients are not required to register. According to those who fall below the poverty line, some ration card users, and the various benefit groups listed above, the selected list has been created by the responsible authorities.

Procedure to Check Sehat Bima Yojana Beneficiary List

You can use a tool on the scheme’s website to check if your application is accepted for the programme. The straightforward methods are as follows to determine your eligibility

• Step 1: Visit the Punjab Sehat Bima Yojana Beneficiary List page on the official state health office website
• Step 2: Select the Check Eligibility Under AB-SSBY Sehat Bima Yojana Beneficiary List link on the webpage
• Step 3: Determine your eligibility on the website either by search by Aadhaar, Smart Ration Card, PAN, Construction Worker, Journalist ID, or other number or Browse by Name
• Step 4: Pick the option you want to select
• Step 5: Enter the requested details
• Step 1: Click ‘display status’.

Procedure To Search Common Service Centre

• Step 1: Visit the Punjab State Health Agency’s official website
• Step 2: Access the home page
• Step 3: The citizen’s corner link must be selected on the homepage
• Step 4: Select the common service centre
• Step 5: Choose common service centre search
• Step 6:  A new page will open, now choose your district
• Step 7: Select the search option
• Step 8: Information about the CSC centre will appear on your PC.

Check For Disabled AB-SSBY E-Card

• Step 1:  Visit the Punjab State Health Agency’s official website
• Step 2: Access the home page
• Step 3: You must select the citizen corner link only on the front page
• Step 4: Now click the Check For Disabled AB-SSBY E-Card button
• Step 5: Fill out with the necessary information on the new page
• Step 6: The necessary data will show on your computer’s screen

Procedure To Search Empanelled Hospitals

• Step 1: visit the Punjab State Health Agency’s official website
• Step 2: Open the home page
• Step 3: The hospital’s tab will automatically open
• Step 4: Select Empanelled Hospitals
• Step 5: Pick a district, a speciality, and a government or private category
• Step 5: click the search icon, and a list of hospitals will appear on your computer.

Search De-Empanelled Hospitals

• Step 1: Visit the official website
• Step 2: Open the home page
• Step 3: Select the hospital tab on the homepage
• Step 4: Select De-Empanelled Hospitals
• Step 5: The list of De-empanelled hospitals will appear on your computer screen 

Download Referral Slip Format

• Step 1: Visit the official website
• Step 2: Open the home page
• Step 3: Select the hospital tab on the homepage
• Step 4: Select Download Referral Slip Format
• Step 5: The referral slip format will appear on your computer screen 
• Step 6: Select the format and take a printout of it

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