Archive · 11 Oct 2026
NTR Vaidya Seva Trust Fines 203 Hospitals Rs 34.39 Crore
The NTR Vaidya Seva Trust helps run a government scheme for cashless healthcare.
It says 203 hospitals broke scheme rules between 2024-25 and 2026-27 and fined them Rs 34.39 crore in total.
Some hospitals were suspended or had payments stopped.
Others were removed from the network or lost recognition.
Patients reportedly complained about being charged for covered care, delays and being denied cashless treatment.
The Trust says it is checking complaints and medical records.
It uses or plans to use artificial intelligence to help examine treatment records and bills.
The Trust says it handles thousands of medical authorisation requests and treatment bills each day.
The NTR Vaidya Seva Trust fined 203 hospitals a total of Rs 34.39 crore for scheme violations during 2024-25 to 2026-27.
The Trust suspended 25 hospitals, withheld payments to 13, removed five from its network and cancelled recognition for one.
Reported complaints included charging patients for covered care, denying eligible patients cashless treatment, treatment delays and neglect.
The Trust said it initiated action in 114 cases over the past six months and is examining complaints and medical records.
It uses or plans AI-assisted bill scrutiny and says it processes about 6,000 prior authorisation requests and audits bills for 5,600 treatments daily.
- Who
- The NTR Vaidya Seva Trust and 203 hospitals.
- What
- The Trust imposed Rs 34.39 crore in fines and other penalties for reported scheme violations.
- When
- The reported violations span 2024-25 to 2026-27; action was taken in 114 cases over the past six months.
- Where
- Andhra Pradesh.
- Why
- To address reported irregularities in the government cashless healthcare scheme, including service deficiencies and suspicious billing.
Trust’s enforcement rationale
Hospital perspective
Penalties and alleged violations
Trust’s enforcement rationale
The Trust says fines and other measures address irregularities, service deficiencies and suspicious billing under the scheme.
Hospital perspective
The articles do not include responses or alternative accounts from the hospitals.
Bill scrutiny
Trust’s enforcement rationale
The Trust says AI-assisted checks and verification can help identify improper claims and protect public funds.
Hospital perspective
The articles do not report hospitals’ views on the scrutiny process.
- Hospitals fined
- 203
- Total fines
- Rs 34.39 crore
- Other penalties
- 25 suspended; payments withheld from 13; five removed from the network; recognition cancelled for one
- Cases acted on
- 114 over the past six months
- Hospitals associated with the Trust
- Around 1,000 private hospitals
- Daily processing and audits
- Around 6,000 prior authorisation requests and bills relating to 5,600 treatments
- Bill scrutiny
- AI-assisted checks; suspicious bills are to be verified against supporting evidence
