CGHS Cardholder: Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) is a health facility scheme for the current and former employees of the Central Government i.e. pensioners. Often, government employees have a question in their mind as to who can avail of these services. Who is eligible for CGHS scheme? What services are available under CGHS scheme?.
CGHS Cardholder: Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) is a health facility scheme for the current and former employees of the Central Government i.e. pensioners. Often, government employees have a question in their mind as to who can avail of these services. Who is eligible for CGHS scheme? What services are available under CGHS scheme? In which cities will the benefit of CGHS scheme be available? All your questions are answered here.
Who can take advantage of CGHS?
According to the official website of CGHS, there are several rules to determine the eligibility of a Central Government employee to avail medical facilities under the Central Government Health Scheme. Central government employees and their family members etc. living in any notified city can take advantage of this scheme.
In which cities you can avail CGHS service?
CGHS service is available in 80 cities. CGHS beneficiaries living in these cities can avail the benefits of this scheme. The complete list is given below.
1) Agra
2) Agartala
3) Ahmedabad
4) Aizawl
5) Ajmer
6) Aligarh
7) Allahabad (Prayagraj)
8) Ambala
9) Amritsar
10) Baghpat
11) Bengaluru
12) Bareilly,
13) Berhampur
14) Bhopal
15) Bhubaneswar
16) Chandrapur
17)Chandigarh
18) Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar
19) Chennai
20) Chhapra
21) Coimbatore
22) Cuttack
23)Darbhanga
24) Dhanbad
25) Dehradun
26) Delhi & NCR: Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Noida, Gurgaon, Indirapuram, Sahibabad,
27) Dibrugarh
28) Gandhinagar
29) Gangtok
30) went
31) Gorakhpur
32) Guwahati
33) Guntur
34)Gwalior
35) Hyderabad
36) Imphal
37) Indore
38)Jabalpur
39) Jaipur
40) Jalandhar
41)Jammu
42) Jodhpur
43) Kannur
44)Kanpur
45) Kohima
46) Kolkata
47) Kochi
48) Kota
49) Kozhikode
50) Lucknow
51)Meerut
52) Moradabad
53) Mumbai
54)Muzaffarpur
55) Mysuru
56)Nagpur
57) Nashik
58) Nellore
59) Panaji
60) Patna
61) Panchkula
62) Puducherry
63) Pune
64)Raipur
65)Ranchi
66) Rajahmundry
67) Saharanpur
68) Shillong
69) Shimla
70) Silchar
71) Siliguri
72)Sonepat
73)Srinagar
74) Thiruvananthapuram
75) Tiruchirappalli (Trichy)
76) Tirunelveli
77) Vadodara
78) Varanasi (Banaras)
79) Vijayawada
80) Visakhapatnam
CGHS cardholders can get free treatment in any AIIMS
1) CGHS pensioners and other beneficiaries entitled for cashless treatment like former MPs, former Governors, former Judges of the Supreme Court of India, former Judges of High Courts, freedom fighters etc., who have a valid CGHS card, can avail cashless treatment at AIIMS. Are eligible.
2) Validity of CGHS card and ward eligibility is given on the CGHS card.
3) AIIMS will create a special desk for CGHS beneficiaries. The eligible CGHS beneficiary can produce his/her CGHS card for verification at the CGHS desk.
4) Eligible CGHS beneficiaries can self-verify their CGHS card. In case of treatment of a dependent family member, a copy of the CGHS card of self and the family member will have to be submitted. CGHS will verify the card information from CGHS data base in consultation with NIC.
5) Physical bill along with copy of CGHS card has to be submitted in the office of Additional Director, CGHS of the concerned city in the last week of AIIMS month.
6) AIIMS will create a separate bank account for CGHS beneficiaries for payment of CGHS bills. Payment of the bills will have to be deposited in the bank account created by AIIMS for CGHS.
7) Apart from CGHS pensioners, other people eligible for cashless treatment can avail the benefit of cashless treatment.
