<span style="color: #222222;">The National Health Authority (NHA) has  revised the  Health Benefit Package of Ayushman Bharat -Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB  PM-JAY).<br />''<br />''In the revised version of Health Benefit Package (HBP 2.2), rates of some health packages have been increased by 20 percent to 400 per cent under AB PM-JAY.<br />''<br />''Around, 400 procedure rates have been revised and one new additional medical management package related to black fungus has also been added.<br />''<br />''The HBP 2.2 is expected to be rolled out from November, 2021.<br />''<br />''NHA has undertaken rate revision in the  categories including Radiation oncology procedures,Medical Management procedures like procedure for dengue and acute febrile illness and surgical package treatment for black fungus, Under medical management procedures, rates for ICU with ventilator has been revised by 100 percent, rates for ICU without ventilator by 136 percent, rates for High Dependency Units has been revised by 22 percent while prices for routine ward has been revised by 17 percent.<br />''<br />''Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya  has said that the revised version of Health Benefit Packages  will strengthen the empanelled hospitals to provide better healthcare services to the beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY.<br />''<br />''National Health Authority CEO ,   Dr R. S. Sharma assured that NHA constantly works on the feedback received from stakeholders for rationalization of health benefit package master.<br />''<br />''Since the inception of the AB PM-JAY scheme, new packages have been added to cover more disease conditions and regular rates of the packages are being revised to provide better healthcare services.<br />''<br />''Currently, Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY has 1669 treatment procedures out of which 1080 are surgical, 588 medical and one unspecified package.<br />''<br />''The scheme aims at  achieving  the target of Universal Health Coverage and provide access to free and affordable healthcare services to the citizens residing in the remotest of the areas.</span><br />