Shillong, July 31:The state government is planning to introduce cashless health cards for government employees.
Health Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh on Monday told reporters that the government is preparing a new cabinet memo for a cashless card for the government employees.
She pointed out that the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) list is that the Centre decides on the slab for treating certain illnesses for government employees.
“So for the North East region, the Government of India has not revised its (CGHS) rates for a long time and it was the government of Meghalaya and few other states that highlighted this to the ministry requesting them to review the rates of the CGHS,” Lyngdoh said.
“For example, Central government employees already I think have something like a cashless card whereas we in the state of Meghalaya have not yet done it. We are getting there. We are preparing this and we hope that very soon, employees of the government, who availed reimbursement facilities will be able to do it shortly.”
Ampareen said the government is looking at Megha Health Insurance Scheme (MHIS) as an alternative source of assistance for government employees for reimbursement.
“So give the government a bit more time, we will brief you accordingly when our cabinet memo is ready and we will brief the citizens of the state of Meghalaya. But yes it is difficult because the CGHS rates for travel, rates for certain treatments are different for non-central organisations. So once we are able to understand this problem, we will deal with it and we will ensure that even government employees go cashless with a card for treatment,” she said.
