The hospitals empanelled with the Ayushman Bharat scheme will now get star ratings based on their healthcare quality and services.<br />'' <br />''The National Health Authority, NHA has issued guidelines in this regard. More than 23 thousand hospitals across the country are empanelled with Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri – Jan Arogya Yojana.<br />'' <br />''Out of which more than 12,828 hospitals are from public sector and over ten thousand hospitals are from private sector.<br />''Talking exclusively to AIR News, Joint Director at National Health Authority Dr J L Meena said, the rating of the empanelled hospitals has been proposed on six healthcare quality domains.<br />''These are timeliness, safety, patient centred, effectiveness, efficiency and equitability.<br />''Dr Meena said, the star ranking of hospitals will provide guidance to beneficiaries in approaching empanelled hospitals.<br />'' <br />''AIR correspondent reports that the Ayushman Bharat scheme, which is the world's largest health care programme, provides a health cover of five lakh rupees annually to vulnerable families.<br />'' <br />''It aims at benefiting more than ten crore poor families all over the country. <br />''<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The scheme was launched in September 2018 and more than one crore 19 lakh beneficiaries have availed treatment under the scheme.</span><br />