Hospital Empanelment Criteria

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

A Hospital would be empanelled as a network private hospital with the approval of the respective State Health Authority if it adheres with the following minimum criteria:

1. Should have at least 10 inpatient beds with adequate spacing and supporting staff as per norms.
i. Exemption may be given for single-specialty hospitals like Eye and ENT.

ii. General ward – @80sq ft per bed, or more in a Room with Basic amenities-bed, mattress, linen, water, electricity, cleanliness,               patient friendly common washroom etc. Non AC but with fan/Cooler and heater in winter

2. It should have adequate and qualified medical and nursing staff (doctors & nurses), physically in charge round the clock; (necessary certificates to be produced during empanelment).

3. Fully equipped and engaged in providing Medical /Surgical services, commensurate to the scope of service/ available specialities and number of beds.

i. Round-the-clock availability (or on-call) of a Surgeon and Anaesthetist where surgical services/ day care treatments are offered.

ii. Round-the-clock availability (or on-call) of an Obstetrician, Paediatrician and Anaesthetist where maternity services are offered.

iii. Round-the-clock availability of specialists (or on-call) in the concerned specialties having sufficient experience where such services are offered (e.g. Orthopaedics, ENT, Ophthalmology, Dental, general surgery (including endoscopy) etc.)

4. Round-the-clock support systems required for the above services like Pharmacy, Blood Bank, Laboratory, Dialysis unit, Endoscopy investigation support, Post op ICU care with ventilator support, X-ray facility (mandatory) etc., either ‘In-House’ or with ‘Outsourcing arrangements’, preferably with NABL accredited laboratories, with appropriate agreements and in nearby vicinity.

5. Round-the-clock Ambulance facilities (own or tie-up).

6. 24 hours emergency services managed by technically qualified staff wherever emergency services are offered
i. Casualty should be equipped with Monitors, Defibrillator, Nebulizer with accessories, Crash Cart, Resuscitation equipment, Oxygen cylinders with flow meter/ tubing/catheter/face mask/nasal prongs, suction apparatus etc. and with attached toilet facility.
7. Mandatory for hospitals wherever surgical procedures are offered:

i. Fully equipped Operation Theatre of its own with qualified nursing staff under its employment round the clock.
ii. Post-op ward with ventilator and other required facilities.

8. Wherever intensive care services are offered it is mandatory to be equipped with an Intensive Care Unit (For medical/surgical ICU/HDU/Neonatal ICU) with requisite staff

i. The unit is to be situated in close proximity of operation theatre, acute care medical, surgical ward units, labour room and maternity room as appropriate.

ii. Suction, piped oxygen supply and compressed air should be provided for each ICU bed.

iii. Further ICU – where such packages are mandated should have the following equipment:
1) Piped gases
2) Multi-sign Monitoring equipment
3) Infusion of ionotropic support
4) Equipment for maintenance of body temperature
5) Weighing scale
6) Manpower for 24×7 monitoring

7) Emergency cash cart
8) Defibrillator.
9) Equipment for ventilation.

10) In case there is common Paediatric ICU then Paediatric equipment, e.g.: paediatric ventilator, Paediatric probes, medicines and equipment for resuscitation to be available.

iv. HDU (high dependency unit) should also be equipped with all the equipment and manpower as per HDU norms.

9. Records Maintenance: Maintain complete records as required on day-to-day basis and is able to provide necessary records of hospital / patients to the Society/Insurer or his representative as and when required.

i. Wherever automated systems are used it should comply with MoHFW/ NHA EHR guidelines (as and when they are enforced)
ii. All AB-NHPM cases must have complete records maintained

iii. Share data with designated authorities for information as mandated.
10. Legal requirements as applicable by the local/state health authority.

11. Adherence to Standard treatment guidelines/ Clinical Pathways for procedures as mandated by NHA from time to time.
12. Registration with the Income Tax Department.
13. NEFT enabled bank account
14. Telephone/Fax

15. Safe drinking water facilities/Patient care waiting area

16. Uninterrupted (24 hour) supply of electricity and generator facility with required capacity suitable to the bed strength of the hospital.

17. Waste management support services (General and Bio Medical) – in compliance with the bio-medical waste management act.
18. Appropriate fire-safety measures.

19. Provide space for a separate kiosk for AB-NHPM beneficiary management (AB-NHPM non-medical4 coordinator) at the hospital reception.

20. Ensure a dedicated medical officer to work as a medical5 co-ordinator towards AB-NHPM beneficiary management (including records for follow-up care as prescribed)

21. Ensure appropriate promotion of AB-NHPM in and around the hospital (display banners, brochures etc.) towards effective publicity of the scheme in co-ordination with the SHA/ district level AB-NHPM team.

22. IT Hardware requirements (desktop/laptop with internet, printer, webcam, scanner/ fax, bio-metric device etc.) as mandated by the NHA.

ADVANCED CRITERIA:

Over and above the essential criteria required to provide basic services under AB-NHPM (as mentioned in Category 1) those facilities undertaking defined speciality packages (as indicated in the benefit package for specialities mandated to qualify for advanced criteria) should have the following:

I. These empanelled hospitals may provide specialized services such as Cardiology, Cardiothoracic surgery, Neurosurgery, Nephrology, Reconstructive surgery, Oncology, Paediatric Surgery, Neonatal intensive care etc.

II. A hospital could be empanelled for one or more specialities subject to it qualifying to the concerned speciality criteria for respective packages
III. Such hospitals should be fully equipped with ICCU/SICU/ NICU/ relevant Intensive
Care Unit in addition to and in support of the OT facilities that they have.

IV. Such facilities should be of adequate capacity and numbers so that they can handle all the patients operated in emergencies.

a) The Hospital should have sufficient experienced specialists in the specific identified fields for which the Hospital is empanelled as per the requirements of professional and regulatory bodies/ as specified in the clinical establishment act/ State regulations.

b) The Hospital should have sufficient diagnostic equipment and support services in the specific identified fields for which the Hospital is empanelled as per the requirements specified in the clinical establishment act/ State regulations.

V. Indicative domain specific criteria are as under: A. Specific criteria for Cardiology/ CTVS

1. CTVS theatre facility (Open Heart Tray, Gas pipelines Lung Machine with TCM, defibrillator, ABG Machine, ACT Machine, Hypothermia machine, IABP, cautery etc.)
2. Post-op with ventilator support

3. ICU Facility with cardiac monitoring and ventilator support
4. Hospital should facilitate round the clock cardiologist services.
5. Availability of support speciality of General Physician & Paediatrician

6. Fully equipped Catheterization Laboratory Unit with qualified and trained Paramedics.

B. Specific criteria for Cancer Care

1. For empanelment of Cancer treatment, the facility should have a Tumour Board which decides a comprehensive plan towards multi-modal treatment of the patient or if not then appropriate linkage mechanisms need to be established to the nearest regional cancer centre (RCC). Tumor Board should consist of a qualified team of Surgical, Radiation and Medical /Paediatric Oncologist in order to ensure the most appropriate treatment for the patient.

2. Relapse/recurrence may sometimes occur during/ after treatment. Retreatment is often possible which may be undertaken after evaluation by a Medical/ Paediatric Oncologist/ Tumor Board with prior approval and pre authorization of treatment.

3. For extending the treatment of chemotherapy and radiotherapy the hospital should have the requisite Pathology/ Haematology services/ infrastructure for radiotherapy treatment viz. for cobalt therapy, linear accelerator radiation treatment and brachytherapy available in-house. In case such facilities are not available in the empanelled hospital for radiotherapy treatment and even for chemotherapy, the hospital shall not perform the approved surgical procedure alone, but refer the patients to other centres for follow-up treatments requiring chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments. This should be indicated where appropriate in the treatment approval plan.

4. Further hospitals should have following infrastructure for providing certain specialized radiation treatment packages such as stereotactic radiosurgery/ therapy.
i. Treatment machines which are capable of delivering SRS/SRT

ii. Associated Treatment planning system
iii. Associated Dosimetry systems

C. Specific criteria for Neurosurgery

1. Well Equipped Theatre with qualified paramedical staff, C-Arm, Microscope, neurosurgery compatible OT table with head holding frame (horse shoe, may field / sugita or equivalent frame).

2. ICU facility
3. Post-op with ventilator support

4. Facilitation for round the clock MRI, CT and other support bio-chemical investigations.

D. Specific criteria for Burns, Plastic & Reconstructive surgery

1. The Hospital should have full time / on – call services of qualified plastic surgeon and support staff with requisite infrastructure for corrective surgeries for post burn contractures.

2. Isolation ward having monitor, defibrillator, central oxygen line and all OT equipment.
3. Well Equipped Theatre
4. Intensive Care Unit.
5. Post-op with ventilator support
6. Trained Paramedics
7. Post-op rehab/ Physiotherapy support/ Phycology support.

E. Specific criteria for /Paediatric Surgery

1. The Hospital should have full time/on call services of paediatric surgeons
2. Well-equipped theatre

3. ICU support
4. Support services of paediatrician
5. Availability of mother rooms and feeding area.

6. Availability of radiological/ fluoroscopy services (including IITV), Laboratory services and Blood bank.

F. Specific criteria for specialized new born care.

1. The hospital should have well developed and equipped neonatal nursey/Neonatal ICU (NICU) appropriate for the packages for which empanelled, as per norms

2. Availability of radiant warmer/ incubator/ pulse oximeter/ photo therapy/ weighing scale/ infusion pump/ ventilators/ CPAP/ monitoring systems/ oxygen supply / suction / infusion pumps/ resuscitation equipment/ breast pumps/ bilimeter/ KMC (Kangaroo Mother Care) chairs and transport incubator – in enough numbers and in functional state; access to hematological, biochemistry tests, imaging and blood gases, using minimal sampling, as required for the service packages

3. For Advanced Care and Critical Care Packages, in addition to 2. above: parenteral nutrition, laminar flow bench, invasive monitoring, in-house USG. Ophthalmologist on call.

4. Trained nurses 24×7 as per norms
5. Trained Paediatrician(s) round the clock

6. Arrangement for 24×7 stay of the Mother – to enable her to provide supervised care, breastfeeding and KMC to the baby in the nursery/NICU and upon transfer therefrom; provision of bedside KMC chairs.

7. Provision for post-discharge follow up visits for counselling for feeding, growth / development assessment and early stimulation, ROP checks, hearing tests etc.

G. Specific criteria for Polytrauma

1. Shall have Emergency Room Setup with round the clock dedicated duty doctors.

2. Shall have the full-time service availability of Orthopaedic Surgeon, General Surgeon, and anaesthetist services.

3. The Hospital shall provide round the clock services of Neurosurgeon, Orthopaedic Surgeon, CT Surgeon, General Surgeon, Vascular Surgeon and other support specialists as and when required based on the need.

4. Shall have dedicated round the clock Emergency theatre with C-Arm facility, Surgical ICU, Post-Op Setup with qualified staff.

5. Shall be able to provide necessary diagnostic support round the clock including specialized investigations such as CT, MRI, emergency biochemical investigations.

H. Specific criteria for Nephrology and Urology Surgery

1. Dialysis unit
2. Well-equipped operation theatre with C-ARM
3. Endoscopy investigation support

4. Post op ICU care with ventilator support
5. Sew lithotripsy equipment

For more details please contact: 7593877641, Manager (Hospital Network and Quality Administration) State Health Agency