Kathmandu. New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has issued an order to the central and local governments to facilitate health insurance claims.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed the governments at both levels to put in place a mechanism to make health insurance claim payment easier and easier to make it hassle-free for the insured. A single bench of Justice Nina Bansal passed the order on a writ petition filed by the insurance companies alleging that the hospitals were reluctant to discharge the patients on time due to non-payment of claims on time.
The high court order said the Central and Delhi governments should coordinate with insurance regulators to resolve the issues related to payment of health insurance claims.
The court has also drawn attention to the pressure that patients and their families have to bear from the hospital in bill payment. “Hospitals should work with the concerned insurance companies to make claim payments quickly and quickly,” the court said.
