New cashless insurance scheme mandatory for Punjab Govt employees

Punjab Govt’s newly notified cashless health insurance scheme has been mademandatory for all govt employees and pensioners.

• Member enrolment forms regarding this should be submitted till November 30to the concerned DDOs so that the employees could avail benefits under the scheme.
• This scheme would be applied equally to the persons availing old pension scheme and new pension scheme.

As per the Punjab Government employees and Pensioner Health Insurance Scheme (PGIPHIS), all the employees would get the annual cashless insurance facility up to Rs 3 lakh from January 1, 2016.

• PGIPHIS provides the facility of cashless treatment concerning diseases underState service rule-1940 which include day care and on which the OPD medical expenditure accrued is less then Rs 3 lakh per family per year.
• Under the scheme all the registered beneficiaries can avail the treatment facilities from the hospitals designated by the state government in Punjab,Chandigarh and NCR regions.