Hospitals cheating Ayushman Bharat scheme will be named and shamed: govt

The government has found nearly 1,200 cases of fraud and taken action against 338 hospitals, says Harsh Vardhan.

The government will "name and shame" hospitals found cheating the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme, said union minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday.

The government has found nearly 1,200 cases of fraud and taken action against 338 hospitals, said the health minister, asserting that the government has zero tolerance towards corruption.

"Not only would such hospitals found involved in any kind of fraudulent activity and practices would be de-empanelled, their names would be put up on the official website of Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (Ayushman Bharat) and made public. The idea is to name and shame them," he said at a press