IRDAI vide circular bearing ref No: IRDAI/NL/CIR/MISC/231/11/2022 dated November 17, 2022 has issued a Circular on Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) adoption by Doctors.
Background: As part of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, National Health Authority (NHA) has incorporated a Healthcare Professional Registry (HPR) of registered and verified practitioners of healthcare professionals delivering modern as well as traditional healthcare services across India. The Authority vide this Circular has issued directions to all the General and Health insurers in order to make the best use of the registry.
Major highlights of the Circular are as follows:
- Healthcare Professional ID (HPID) will serves as a unique ID for the medical practitioners.
- The insurers are advised to capture / collect HPR ID while issuing / renewing policies for ‘Medical Malpractice under Professional Indemnity’ cover as a verification to validate / authenticate the medical practitioners.
- It is also advised to consider leveraging HPR for building up the network of doctors / physicians or other healthcare professionals for providing OPD or other healthcare services.
Source category: IRDAI
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