The ED has alleged that many medical bills were generated on such “fake” cards, causing a loss to the exchequer and the public with the total “proceeds of crime” in this case estimated to be around Rs 25 crore.The agency found that a total of 8,937 Ayushman Bharat golden cards have been scrapped in the state for alleged violation of the AB-PMJAY scheme till now.It alleged that Bankey Bihari Hospital, Fortis Hospital, Shri Balaji Hospital, Sood Nursing Home and Sri Harihar Hospital among others availed “illegal benefits” under the AB-PMJAY scheme.As many as 373 fake Ayushman cards have been identified and claims of Rs 40,68,150 were made for reimbursement from the government in the name of treatment given to some Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries, the agency found.List of such “fake” beneficiaries included one Rajnish Kumar and Pooja Dhiman who “denied” possession or any information of a PMJAY card issued to them, the ED found.They never underwent any such treatment in any of these hospitals, the ED claimed.The accused hospitals made claims for treatments, surgery, admission which were actually never given or performed upon the patients, it said.In an another instance, Raksha Devi was “denied” admission in the hospital and her package was “dishonestly and illegally” blocked.The accused hospitals were “de- empanelled” from the Ayushman Bharat scheme for illegal practices and non-compliance of procedures and guidelines, the agency claimed.
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