Overview
- AHPI and Bajaj Allianz met on Thursday and discussed restoring cashless access at member hospitals, with the hospital body saying it will review its suspension advisory once services resume in the coming days.
- AHPI had advised roughly 15,000 hospitals in North India to stop cashless treatment for Bajaj Allianz and Care Health from September 1 over outdated tariffs, deductions, and payment delays.
- Bajaj Allianz said it has not seen cashless denials so far and committed to crediting customers before they pay hospitals if cashless is refused, indicating it expects a quick resolution.
- The General Insurance Council criticised AHPI’s move as arbitrary and warned that disruption to cashless services could harm patients through higher upfront costs and delays in emergencies.
- The Delhi Medical Association Nursing Home Forum filed a complaint with IRDAI alleging insurer cartel-like conduct through a common empanelment framework and sought a probe and inflation-linked tariffs.