Health Insurance

Amid a surge in coronavirus cases in several countries, regulator Irdai has asked insurers to consider giving discount on renewal of general and health insurance policies to policyholders who have taken three shots of COVID-19 vaccine.

The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) facilitates secure data exchange between intended stakeholders on its network after the patient's consent and no data is shared with any other entity, the Rajya Sabha was told.

Justice Pratibha M Singh said people with disabilities are entitled to health insurance cover and cannot be discriminated against.

National Epilepsy Day is observed on November 17 every year. This day is observed to raise public awareness on epilepsy.

Amazon Clinic was announced by the company on Tuesday as a virtual platform for users to connect with healthcare providers in the US. Customers will be able to get treatments for common ailments like allergies and skin conditions with Amazon Clinic, according to the company. Amazon Clinic will operate in 32 states in the US, and does not include he...

Hackers have demanded $10 million (roughly Rs. 82 crore) for health records stolen from major Australian healthcare firm Medibank. The hackers who breached Medibank uploaded more personal details of customers on a dark web forum on Thursday, and the health insurer has confirmed that access to 9.7 million current and former clients was accessed duri...

Medibank data was posted to a forum on the dark web, weeks after a data breach at the biggest health insurance firm in Australia. The leaked data includes the names, addresses and birthdates of several customers and Medibank expects more data to be released, after saying earlier this week that the hackers exposed information of around 9.7 million p...

Medibank, Australia's biggest health insurer, has said that it expects the number of customers affected by a massive data breach detected last week to grow, after the insurer received more files from the hacker who breached the company. The files show information including personal and health claims data of more patients as well as files with some ...

Japan has begun pushing its citizens to sign up for digital IDs, plastic My Number cards equipped with microchips and photos, or lose access to public health insurance and other services. My number cards will be linked to drivers' licenses and the public health insurance plans. Health insurance cards now in use, which lack photos, will be discontin...

The Mental Healthcare Act 2017 is to "protect, promote, and fulfill the rights" of people during the delivery of mental healthcare and services.

Hackers have threatened to leak stolen health data of 1,000 famous Australians, after a data breach at Medibank, one of the largest private health insurers in the country. They have claimed to have stolen 200GB of data, providing a sample of records for 100 policies, the insurer said. The hackers have threatened that they will leak or sell the data...

Twenty-two lakh people have benefited from the Rajasthan government's health insurance, Chief Minster Ashok Gehlot said at the Banega Swasth India Telethon today.

The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a petition moved by an LLM student who sought compensation of Rs 15 lakh and Health Insurance of Rs 25 Lakh from the Central and Delhi government on account of air pollution in the national capital.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said the state government is mooting a universal health insurance scheme for residents of the state.

All four public sector insurers incurred losses of Rs 26,364 crore in the health insurance portfolio for the last five years due to higher claims in group policies, a CAG report said.

Amid a surge in coronavirus cases in several countries, regulator Irdai has asked insurers to consider giving discount on renewal of general and health insurance policies to policyholders who have taken three shots of COVID-19 vaccine.

The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) facilitates secure data exchange between intended stakeholders on its network after the patient's consent and no data is shared with any other entity, the Rajya Sabha was told.

Justice Pratibha M Singh said people with disabilities are entitled to health insurance cover and cannot be discriminated against.

National Epilepsy Day is observed on November 17 every year. This day is observed to raise public awareness on epilepsy.

Amazon Clinic was announced by the company on Tuesday as a virtual platform for users to connect with healthcare providers in the US. Customers will be able to get treatments for common ailments like allergies and skin conditions with Amazon Clinic, according to the company. Amazon Clinic will operate in 32 states in the US, and does not include he...

Hackers have demanded $10 million (roughly Rs. 82 crore) for health records stolen from major Australian healthcare firm Medibank. The hackers who breached Medibank uploaded more personal details of customers on a dark web forum on Thursday, and the health insurer has confirmed that access to 9.7 million current and former clients was accessed duri...

Medibank data was posted to a forum on the dark web, weeks after a data breach at the biggest health insurance firm in Australia. The leaked data includes the names, addresses and birthdates of several customers and Medibank expects more data to be released, after saying earlier this week that the hackers exposed information of around 9.7 million p...

Medibank, Australia's biggest health insurer, has said that it expects the number of customers affected by a massive data breach detected last week to grow, after the insurer received more files from the hacker who breached the company. The files show information including personal and health claims data of more patients as well as files with some ...

Japan has begun pushing its citizens to sign up for digital IDs, plastic My Number cards equipped with microchips and photos, or lose access to public health insurance and other services. My number cards will be linked to drivers' licenses and the public health insurance plans. Health insurance cards now in use, which lack photos, will be discontin...

The Mental Healthcare Act 2017 is to "protect, promote, and fulfill the rights" of people during the delivery of mental healthcare and services.

Hackers have threatened to leak stolen health data of 1,000 famous Australians, after a data breach at Medibank, one of the largest private health insurers in the country. They have claimed to have stolen 200GB of data, providing a sample of records for 100 policies, the insurer said. The hackers have threatened that they will leak or sell the data...

Twenty-two lakh people have benefited from the Rajasthan government's health insurance, Chief Minster Ashok Gehlot said at the Banega Swasth India Telethon today.

The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a petition moved by an LLM student who sought compensation of Rs 15 lakh and Health Insurance of Rs 25 Lakh from the Central and Delhi government on account of air pollution in the national capital.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said the state government is mooting a universal health insurance scheme for residents of the state.

All four public sector insurers incurred losses of Rs 26,364 crore in the health insurance portfolio for the last five years due to higher claims in group policies, a CAG report said.