The National Health Authority or the NHA is responsible for implementing India’s flagship public health insurance/assurance scheme Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY). NHA has been set-up to implement the PM-JAY at the national level. In the States, SHAs or State Health Agencies in the form of a society/trust have been set up with full operational autonomy over the implementation of this scheme including extending the coverage to non SECC beneficiaries.

History

National Health Authority is the successor of National Health Agency, which was functioning as a registered society since 23 May 2018. Pursuant to Cabinet decision for full functional autonomy, National Health Agency was reconstituted as the National Health Authority on 2 January 2019, under Gazette Notification Registered No. DL –(N) 04/0007/2003-18. On 2 January 2019 the organization renamed itself to become the "National Health Authority". The reason for the rename was the

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wish for the organization to be autonomous.

Governing Board

The NHA is governed by a Governing Board chaired by the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of India; and is headed by a full-time Chief Executive Officer (CEO) supported by Deputy CEO and Executive Directors. The CEO of the NHA functions as the Member Secretary of the Governing Board. The Governing Board comprises Chairperson and 11 members. Succeeding Indu Bhushan on 1 February 2021, Former

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chairman Ram Sevak Sharma is the current CEO of the NHA.

Functions of NHA

From 2018-19, the organization was under the control of the

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. After 2019, the organization became independent and answerable to its own board of experts and policy makers. The organization's primary activity is to manage the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), which is a national health insurance program in India. Other goals include improving access to health information and data for the public sector and supporting the

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. In October 2019, the organization announced a collaboration with

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. In the collaboration, Google will provide digital training to staff and partners, while the organization will seek to increase public access to data.

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