1800 103 2015

RTI Section-4(1)(b)(i)

ABOUT STATE HEALTH AGENCY (SHA)

State Health Agency, Manipur (SHA) was set-up by the Government of Manipur with the principal task of implementing Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMAY) in the State. It was registered as a society under Manipur Societies Registration Act, 1989 on 25th July 2018 and has been functioning in full, operational autonomy since its national launch on 23rd September 2018.

A child agency of the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Manipur with full functional autonomy, SHA (Manipur) is governed by a Governing Board chaired by the Minister of Health & Family Welfare, with the Principal Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, Government of Manipur, as the vice-chairperson. The day to day operations of the office is under the management of a Chief Executive Officer (CEO), an officer of the rank of Addl. Secretary in the Government of Manipur. The CEO is also the ex officio Member Secretary of the Governing Board. State Health Agency Manipur has a core team established and is supported by a TPA hired as Implementation Support Agency. The current ISA is Medi Assist Insurance TPA. Pvt. Ltd Bangalore. In order to strengthen the service delivery of the scheme, District Implementation Units has also been set up in all the Districts of the State which is chaired by Deputy Commissioner of the concerned district.

1. The office of State Health Agency Manipur is located at:
   Directorate of Health Services, Ground Floor
   Lamphelpat, Imphal West,
   Manipur-795001


2. Office Timings:
   The office timings of State Health Agency Manipur are:
   Summer- 09.00 a.m. to 05.30 p.m.
   Winter- 09.00 a.m. to 05.00 p.m.


3. Office Timings of AB-PMJAY Counters at District Hospitals, JNIMS & RIMS:
   Summer- 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
   Winter- 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

4. Name(s), Designation of the staffs of the State Health Agency are as given below:

5. Name(s), Designation of the staffs of the Implementation Support Agency (Medi Assist Insurance TPA. Pvt. Ltd) are as given below:

6. Functions and duties of the State Health Agency, Manipur:

• Management of empaneled hospitals to perform activities based on the guidelines issued by NHA on empanelment of hospital, de-empanelment, and accreditation of hospitals.
• Handling of data warehouse, operational applications, on-site support, and Management Information System (MIS).
• Responsible for developing strategies and plan for IEC/BCC activities keeping in view the evidence (data) based rationale, state-specific demand, background, co-branding etc.
• Capacity development activities including the development of training material and imparting training to various stakeholders in compliance with NHA/SHA guidelines.
• Continuous assessment of ongoing activities as well as an examination of the effectiveness of the scheme.
• Policy related issues of State Health scheme and its linkage to AB PM-JAY
• Convergence of State scheme with AB PM-JAY
• Selection of Insurance Company/ Implementation Support Agencies through tendering process (As per insurance & Trust/ Society mode)
• Empanelment of network hospitals which meet the criteria as per the guidelines
• Monitoring of services, Pre-authorizations, claim submission and Fraud and abuse Control
• Package price revisions or adaptation of AB PM-JAY health benefit packages
• Adoption of AB PM-JAY standard treatment guidelines, as needed
• Forming grievance redressal committees and overseeing the grievance redressal function
• Capacity development planning and undertaking capacity development initiatives
• Development of proposals for policy changes
• Management of funds as per financial guidelines
• Setting up and keeping oversight on district level offices and hiring of staff for district
• Preparation of periodic reports based on scheme data and implementation status