Random checking of private hospital bills in Nashik

NASHIK: In a bid to curb the practice of overcharging by private hospitals, the civic administration has decided to do random checking of bills of Covid-19 patients taking treatment in private hospitals in the city. The civic chief has warned of taking legal action against the private hospitals if they are found indulging in this practice.
The state government has already fixed the charges for treating Covid-19 patients in private hospitals.Infact, the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has already sent letters to all the private hospitals and nursing homes in the city to display rate cards and charge patients as per the rates decided by the state government.
Municipal commissioner Radhakrishna Game has already set up a special committee to keep a tab on private hospitals which are overcharging patients and not following the guidelines of the state government. Moreover, two health officials have been deployed in each of the six divisions to check the private hospitals which are not following the rules.
Despite all these measures, some hospitals are reportedly overcharging. “So far, we have received three complaints. Even people taking treatment at the private hospitals are not complaining about overcharging. Hence, I have directed officials to randomly check bills in each of the private hospitals where Covid-19 patients are being treated,” said Game.
“We will check five random bills in each hospital. This will help us check whether the private hospitals are overcharging and violating the guidelines of the state government,” said Game.