In order to engage with States so as to finalise the contours of the National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), the Union Health Ministry has set up six working groups to recommend on the details of various aspects related to the ambitious scheme NHPS which was announced in the Budget 2018-19. The groups will look into process system, information technology system/ platform, to recommend strategies to prevent and control potential frauds and abuse that may happen under the scheme.
Working group on generating awareness for implementation of NHPS, on the institutional arrangement and working group on continuum of care have also been set up.
The constitution of working group follows two-days consultations with the States and Union Territories alongwith representatives from Union Health Ministry and NITI Aayog and other stakeholders.
Yet another working group has been set up to define the scope and range of the continuum of care approach such that when NHPS evolves over the years, the direction of this growth is pre-defined.
Touted to be the world's largest government-funded health care programme, the scheme is aimed at benefiting 10 crore poor families by providing coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary healthcare.