Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma. Subramanian on Tuesday said the State government had constituted a committee headed by T. Sundararaman, former executive director, National Health System Resource Centre, New Delhi, to streamline the implementation of the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS).
Explaining the purpose of setting up the committee, the Minister said, “The benefits of CMCHIS should reach more people. It should be hassle-free for beneficiaries and their grievances should be resolved. The scheme’s implementation should be improved further in government hospitals. The responsibility of private hospitals should be increased and they should take a service-oriented approach towards implementing CMCHIS. The committee will provide such advisories.”
Prof. Sundararaman is chairperson of Technical Appraisal Committee, Health Technology Assessment Board and Adjunct Faculty, JIPMER School of Public Health. Health Secretary Gagandeep Singh Bedi, Member of State Planning Commission J. Amalorpavanathan, the ex-officio Project Director of Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project and two representatives of private hospitals – Mohammed Rela of Rela Hospital and Aravindan Selvaraj of Kauvery Hospital – will be members of the committee.
