Based on a high-level review of the Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka (AB-ArK) health scheme, the State Health Department is now weighing the pros and cons of adopting the insurance mode of the health scheme over the existing assurance mode.
To study the functioning of the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY)/State health scheme on insurance mode and the relative advantages of insurance mode over assurance mode, the department is sending a team of four officials to Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.
The team comprising officials from the Health Department and Suvarna Arogya Suraksha Trust (SAST), the nodal agency implementing the health scheme, will visit Rajasthan from June 27 to June 28 and Tamil Nadu from July 6 to July 7. The team includes Bhanumurthy, Joint Director (Medical); Suresh Shastri, Director (Medical Management), SAST; Roopa, Director (Operations) SAST, and Arun Kumar T., Assistant Director Finance, SAST.
