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NSRLM for universal health coverage of rural households

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By EMN Updated: Mar 19, 2022 9:47 pm
NSRLM conducts training on BIS
Rollan Lotha and Kika Longkumer along with the participants of the training on beneficiary identification system after the inaugural programme on March 16.

Dimapur, March 19 (EMN): Nagaland State Rural Livelihoods Mission (NSRLM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the State Health Agency for Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (SHA/AB-PMJAY) to work together in ensuring the shared goals of universal health coverage for rural households in Nagaland through PMJAY (health insurance) scheme.

This was disclosed by the NSRLM chief operating officer (programmes), Rollan Lotha, during an orientation and hands-on training on beneficiary identification system (BIS) for the district MIS coordinators, block programme managers and data entry operators from district and blocks.

It was organised by NSRLM, in collaboration with the State Health Agency for Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (SHA/AB-PMJAY) from March 16 to the 18th in Kohima, an update from NSRLM stated.

Delivering the keynote address, Rollan stated that the state mission would play a pivotal role in sensitisation and mobilisation of the rural community through its rich network of social capital, community cadres along with Asha workers in the villages. He said the initiative would ensure that no one suffers from financial hardships or impoverishment due to high medical expenditure for hospitalisation or unable to access medical care on account of non-affordability. He further stated that the joint venture was expected to bring about tremendous change in the lives of the rural populace and increased enrolment under PMJAY.

Dr. Kika Longkumer, state nodal officer and joint director of SHA, highlighted that AB-PMJAY is a health insurance scheme which aims to accelerate India’s progress towards universal health coverage, wherein over 2.33 lakh families in Nagaland have been covered under the scheme till date. He informed that the scheme provides free treatment of up to INR 5 lakh per family per year, without any cap on family size and age and no restrictions on pre-existing conditions, covering around 1664 treatment packages from child delivery to cancer treatment from any empanelled private or public hospitals within Nagaland or anywhere in the country.

To access the benefit, a patient has to be admitted in the hospital, except in a few treatment packages like day care dialysis, chemotherapy session, etc. OPD services are not covered under this scheme, he informed. The beneficiaries are those whose families listed in socio economic and caste Census (SECC) 2011 under the deprived categories and those who possess RSBY cards issued in 2016 or 2017.

It mentioned that the state mission is present in 1167 villages under 74 RD blocks covering all districts. Accordingly,SHA,  AB-PMJAY and NSRLM would jointly foster BIS services for increased enrolment in all the villages through the SHG and their federations and community cadres. They would conduct beneficiary mobilisation by regular sensitisation through SHG, VLO, CLF weekly meetings, IEC campaign, house to house visit, finance inclusion mela, and health insurance mela. It added that eCard generation of eligible beneficiaries under the scheme would be done by the data entry operators along with the SHA team.

It stated that the NSRLM state programme manager (FI), Rajuselie Lhousa, and the NSRLM state programme manager (MIS), Renvungo Murry, have jointly facilitated the training, while Alongla, operations manager; Yanger Sanglir, technical consultant; Neitshope Sekhamo, data coordinator; and Seyievito Denny Kin, technical coordinator, were the resource persons from SHA.

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By EMN Updated: Mar 19, 2022 9:47:44 pm
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