Maharashtra issues revised rates for COVID-19 treatment in private hospitals

Urban and rural areas have been divided into three categories in latest notification

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday revised the rates for private hospitals for COVID-19 treatment by dividing the urban and rural areas in to three categories. As per the State government notification, category A would include Mumbai, Mumbai Metropolitan Region (excluding Bhiwandi and Vasai-Virar), Pune and Nagpur (Nagpur municipal corporation, Digdoh and Wadi). Category B includes Nasik, Auranagabd, Amaravati, Bhiwandi, Vasai-Virar, Kolhapur, Solapur, Malegaon, Nanded and Sangli. Rest of the state is part of category C. The time limit of the earlier notification of fixing hospital bed rates ended on May 31. The new notification has been issued with revised rates by categorising different areas of the State. As per this, private hospitals have to follow government rates on 80% beds used for COVID-19 patients while on the rest, it can charge rates fixed by the hospital.