Summary:
Instances of charging money by the empanelled hospitals were noticed which defeated very purpose of providing cashless treatment to the beneficiaries." No empanelled hospital was available in 10 out of 33 districts in the state. Only four districts in the state had empanelled hospitals for all clusters, which forced the beneficiaries to move to other districts for availing treatment mainly for cancer, cardiac and paediatric ailments. "Instances of non-monitoring of the work of Taluka Kiosk Executive (TKE) and authentication of the enrolment by Taluka Verification Authority (TVA) without verification of the records were also noticed. which posed difficulties to the beneficiaries in getting immediate medical treatment..