Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh health department has uncovered a major fraud involving the creation of fake Ayushman Bharat cards and fraudulent billing under the state’s health insurance scheme.

Officials found that tampering was done on the Saachij portal to generate around 300 fake cards, followed by attempts to secure bill payments for fictitious patient admissions.

Fraudulent Billing Attempts For Fake Patient Admissions

Preliminary findings revealed that advance sanction letters for nearly 70 patients were uploaded on the portal to claim treatment expenses. Once the irregularities came to light, authorities froze all related hospital payments and launched a joint inquiry.

Hospitals And IP Addresses Under Investigation

The identified hospitals are now under scrutiny by a special inve

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