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Healthcare costs are rising. But health insurance premiums are

WEBEver since then, the uptick in premium rates has been quite significant. Take, for example, Star Health and Allied Insurance, which increased the premiums for …

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Healthians ignored doctors in diagnostics and lost the plot

WEBHealthians ignored doctors in diagnostics and lost any chance at disruption. 7 Nov 2023/13 min read. Nuha is interested in the opportunities present at the intersection …

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Healthcare costs are rising. But health-insurance premiums are

WEBAbhirami went digging and came out with intriguing findings in her story today. Health insurers, it turns out, are blaming hospitals and the pandemic hangover, …

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108Nothing's coming in the way of Star Health's recovery. Not …

WEBA March 2022 report from the World Health Organization said that over 17% of households in India incur catastrophic health expenditures every year.

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Why Google is helping an Indian state roll out a ~$300M …

WEBWhy Google is helping an Indian state roll out a ~$300M healthcare project. Pratap Vikram Singh. The Tamil Nadu government wants to deliver health services right …

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A healthcare business model that most could follow (but don’t)

WEBThe Interview. A healthcare business model that most could follow (but don’t) Without private equity growth hormone or venture capital steroid (or oxygen), LV …

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Can private healthcare prices be capped

WEBYes. A crown jewel of the Indian public health movement, the Act’s intention was to usher transparency, better quality care and monitoring of private hospitals, under …

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GE startup GenWorks’ rural India healthcare push

WEBIt had a minority 26% stake in GenWorks Health Private Limited, an independent startup that would sell affordable GE devices to rural India, primarily for a …

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Health insurers’ ‘Cashless Everywhere’ is going nowhere

WEBThe road to hell is paved with good intentions. That’s how many hospitals in India see the Cashless Everywhere health-insurance initiative rolled out The Economic …

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A digital cure for India’s mental health crisis

WEBIndustry of self-care. A digital cure for India’s mental health crisis. /15 min read. Ruhi leads The Ken’s learning offerings and also writes Inciting Incident, a weekly …

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Viren Shetty of Narayana Health on becoming ‘worse’ to become …

WEBThe executive vice chairman of Narayana Health on building sticky habits in customers, changing the messaging in healthcare, and becoming “worse” as an …

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Bite-sized health insurance: Good for subscribers, bad for …

WEBBy offering bite-sized monthly plans, coupling the usual insurance coverage with a host of allied services, they're fast hoovering up users. Doing more while charging …

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Startups sign up but govt's UPI-for-health plan faces tech, consent

WEBThe UHID is a 14-digit number that can be used by Indian citizens to store all their health records in one place. Think real-time payments system like the UPI—a …

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Tata Health: Many tests but short on diagnosis

WEBTata Health: Many tests but short on diagnosis. Every time Tata Group—one of India’s oldest conglomerates—plans to launch something, it spends a lot …

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Health insurance is booming, but India's largest TPA is in a muddle

WEBIt forged alliances with large insurers and corporates, and as health insurance premiums grew from over Rs 1,000 crore ($135.7 million) in 2002-03 to Rs …

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InfinitCare, Mind You’s struggle to mainstream mental health in …

WEBA landmark law and the pandemic served as a catalyst for the growth of mental health-focused teleconsulting startups like InfinitCare and Mind You in the …

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How Indian women’s go-to drug, Meftal Spas, became a victim of …

WEBDRESS syndrome (Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms). This has dissuaded even some of Meftal Spas’ regular customers, like …

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UPI for healthcare is in turmoil as a powerful think tank walks away

WEBUPI for healthcare is in turmoil as a powerful think tank walks away from it. India’s health authority was banking on the think tank iSpirt to push Unified Health …

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Part 2: How Viren Shetty of Narayana Health is building a career …

WEBThe Ken Podcast. 37Part 2: How Viren Shetty of Narayana Health is building a career free of ‘groundhog days’. EPISODE 37 First Principles 01 Feb, 24. The …

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