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About National Health Authority (NHA)

National Health Authority (NHA) is the apex body primarily responsible for implementing India’s flagship public health insurance/assurance scheme called “Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY)” at the national level. An attached office of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with full functional autonomy, NHA is governed by a Governing Board chaired by the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare. It is headed by a Chief Executive Officer (CEO), an officer of the rank of Secretary to the Government of India, who manages its affairs. The CEO is the Ex-Office Member Secretary of the Governing Board.

Key functions and roles of National Health Authority include:

• Provide overall vision and stewardship for design, roll-out, implementation and management of PMJAYin alliance with state governments
• Formulation of policies, development of operational guidelines, provide technical advice and operational inputs, implementation mechanisms, identification of capacity gaps and related trainings, development of health information and IT systems, coordination with state governments, facilitating cross-learnings, documentation of best practices, monitoring and oversight of PMJAY
• Development of strategic partnerships and collaborations with Central and State Governments, civil society, financial and insurance agencies, academia, think-tanks, national and international organizations.

State Health Agencies (SHAs) in the form of a society/trust that have been set up by respective States follows the operational guidelines and policies formulated by the National Health Authority in implementing Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.