Covid-19 treatment: Irdai urges hospitals to not deny cashless to patients

This follows reports that some hospitals were denying the facility to policyholders despite having a cashless arrangement with the insurers

The insurance regulator on Friday requested network providers (hospitals) to provide cashless treatment to policyholders for all treatments covered by the insurance policy including Covid-19 as per the terms of service level agreements.

The regulator had, on Thursday, issued a communication to insurance companies that they should ensure that all network provider hospitals extend the cashless facility for any treatment to the policyholder including Covid-19 treatment in accordance with agreed provisions. 

This comes after there were reports that some hospitals were denying cashless facility to policyholders for treatment of Covid-19 treatment despite having a cashless arrangement with the insurers.

The Finance Minister Nirmala