Odisha’s BSKY Registers Over 43% Growth In Partner Hospitals

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government’s flagship health programme Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) registered a record growth in terms of the number of the partner hospitals and the claims raised by those against treatment of the individual patients.

This was revealed during an internal review meeting held by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of State Health Assurance Society (SHAS) D Brundha. Additional Secretary and Joint CEO Subhananda Mohapatra presented the updates.

The matters relating to judicious disposal of claims raised by empanelled hospitals, quick redressal of the grievances, performance of Swasthy Mitras (SMs) at the ground level among other things figured in the meeting.

The review in the meeting showed that 816 private sector super specialty hospitals were brought under the umbrella of BSKY by December 15, registering a growth of 43.40% over the corresponding period of the last year. Besides, around 8530 government hospitals have been providing quality health services under the scheme.

Out of empanelled private sector hospitals, 160 were from 16 states including Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Telangana, Karnataka, Delhi, Gujrat, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. In Odisha, 656 private sector hospitals from different districts partnered with the government for providing high quality treatment to the poor.

The number of claims raised by the empanelled hospitals against treatment of the patients crossed 12.11 lakh by December 15. Given the present figure, the number of claims was expected to cross 13 lakh by the end of December. With that number, BSKY would register a record growth of 102% over the last year.

Corresponding with the growth in number of people treated in private hospitals from among 96.5 lakh families registered under the scheme, the government was required to pay the bills of more than Rs 2507.05 crore. It was expected that the claimed bill amount may cross Rs 2910 crore by year-end, registering a growth of 107% over corresponding period of the last year. Available data showed that in 2022, the total claimed bills against treatment of the individual patients was around Rs 1409.40 crore.

Review of the feedback from people who received treatment under BSKY showed that more than 98% of them, especially the women and the old for whom super specialty treatment in world class hospitals of urban area was a dream, were satisfied with the healthcare scheme.

Reviewing the progress made so far, Brundha directed the nodal officers to regularly review the empanelled hospitals, especially those outside the state for proper facilitation of the treatment of BSKY card holders. She also directed to orient the district coordinators for timely disposal of the grievances received through Mo Sarkar and various other sources.