New guidelines for CGHS beneficiaries: Central govt employees, pensioners will get these critical devices faster; check details here

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Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS)—Central govt employees and pensioners, making it easier for them to get faster approvals for critical medical devices like CPAP, BiPAP, and oxygen concentrators by processing it online.

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According to the new guidelines, patients won’t have to wait long for essential respiratory devices. This will reduce the need to rent devices, which are costly and not reimbursed. Shifting to a fully online system will promote transparency and facilitate easy tracking of approvals. Earlier, pensioners were required to apply offline, and the approval process used to take 15-45 days—sometimes more. Now, with a fully online process, things will move faster.

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“In order to expedite the processing of these critical respiratory devices and provide relief to the beneficiaries, it has been decided to transition the processing of permission for such devices, to an end­ to-end mode as follows;” stated the Central Government Health Scheme Office in a memorandum dated January 22, 2025.

New Guidelines: Fully Digital Process–Scan and email of application

Under the new guidelines of the Central Government Health Scheme, beneficiaries are now required to scan the complete application at the Wellness