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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Overpriced stents: NPPA issues notice to two hospitals -Sushmi Dey

Overpriced stents: NPPA issues notice to two hospitals -Sushmi Dey

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published Published on Feb 25, 2017   modified Modified on Feb 25, 2017
-The Times of India

NEW DELHI:
Promptly addressing complaints against hospitals that were allegedly overcharging for stents, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has issued show-cause notices to Max Hospital, Saket (New Delhi), and Nidaan Hospital, Sonipat (Haryana).

While the regulator said that the action is based on the findings of its preliminary investigation, both the hospitals denied the charge and maintained that they have "not overcharged a single patient" for stents.

On Thursday, the regulator had initiated a probe against some reputed hospitals, including PGIMER, Chandigarh, Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai; Max Hospital, Metro Hospital in Faridabad (Haryana) and Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences in Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh).

The regulator said it is still examining the rest of the complaints and will move further only if the preliminary investigation indicates violation.

Meanwhile, two more hospitals — the Bharat Heart Institute, Dehradun (Uttarakhand) and Oxygen Hospital, Rohtak (Haryana) — have come under probe following complaints received through NPPA's helpline, the regulator said in fresh tweets on Friday.

"After receiving complaints, we are seeking bills and other documents to examine the complaints and see if prices charged from patients are more than what has been fixed. Only if preliminary investigations indicate violation, show-cause notices will be issued," NPPA chairman BhupendraSingh told TOI.

Max Hospital said, "We have not overcharged even a single patient for stent. We have complied fully and immediately with the NPPA order on the stent pricing. We are positive that we will be able to demonstrate our compliance to the NPPA order on the ceiling price of coronary stent (sic)."

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The Times of India, 25 February, 2017, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/overpriced-stents-nppa-issues-notice-to-two-hospitals/articleshow/57338214.cms


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