Ayushman Bharat
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Tech a weapon against poverty: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India is using technology as a weapon against poverty, as he virtually inaugurated the 25th ......
Healthcare
Eight Roads launches India-dedicated $250 mn healthcare fund
Venture capital firm Eight Roads Ventures, which has been investing in India since 2007, on Tuesday announced the launch of ......
Healthcare
Budget 2020: Cheer for medical device makers, viability gap funding for hospitals
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget proposed to impose a cess on the import of medical devices as India ......
Healthcare
Flashback 2019: Single-specialty, regional hospitals steal the thunder in healthcare
A strong revival of investor interest in eye-care clinics, big-ticket deals in the dialysis, fertility and oncology segments and a ......
Healthcare
Govt to dangle sops before private hospitals in bid to boost Ayushman Bharat
India will offer incentives to private hospitals to take part in the government’s health insurance programme Ayushman Bharat, potentially the ......
Healthcare
True North's Satish Chander on impact of Ayushman Bharat, price caps on healthcare
The government’s role in the healthcare sector has expanded in recent years thanks to initiatives such as the Ayushman Bharat ......
Healthcare
Why hospital chains are still cool to Ayushman Bharat despite higher rates
The Centre's flagship health insurance scheme, which claims to have treated 45 lakh patients within a year of its launch ......
Economy
In six months, Ayushman Bharat's use rate will be about 12 mn a year: CEO Indu Bhushan
Ayushman Bharat, the Modi government’s ambitious health insurance scheme, was launched last year with much fanfare. Dubbed Modicare, it aimed ......
Healthcare
In numbers: How has Ayushman Bharat scheme fared in its first year?
On September 23 last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat. The ambitious scheme aimed ......
Healthcare
M&A activity in healthcare softens, PE dealmaking steady in Q2
Merger and acquisition activity in India's healthcare sector has slowed in recent quarters from last year when Malaysian company IHH ......