India, April 18 -- The Maharashtra government has cleared dues worth Rs. 1,299 crore to hospitals empanelled under the Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Jan Aarogya Yojana (MJPJAY) and the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PMJAY) between March 1 and April 17, 2025, said the officials on Thursday.

As per officials, the schemes earlier worked on an insurance model, and the government paid the insurance premium, and the insurance company later paid the health claim to hospitals. However, in July 2024, the scheme changed from insurance mode to assurance mode, and the state government took responsibility for paying the treatment charges. This transition in the mode of the scheme caused a delay in releasing the payment from the government for the past s...