India, Feb. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

The Government of India has developed specific guidelines for the empanelment of hospitals under the Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) which mandates a physical verification of hospital at the time of empanelment. As per empanelment guidelines, public hospitals with inpatient services are deemed empanelled.

National Health Authority (NHA) has launched an improved version of the Hospital Engagement Module (HEM 2.0) which mandates physical verification for private hospitals, including the submission of original photographs, latitude-longitude details of the hospital along with the physical verifier which ensures that the visit has taken p...