{"id":11683,"date":"2025-11-12T14:03:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T08:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=11683"},"modified":"2025-11-12T14:03:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T08:33:46","slug":"nha-renews-mou-with-dhr-and-icmr-to-strengthen-evidence-based-healthcare-decision-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=11683","title":{"rendered":"NHA renews MoU with DHR and ICMR to strengthen evidence-based healthcare decision-making"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NHA renews MoU with DHR and ICMR to strengthen evidence-based healthcare decision-making<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n


\nMoU reaffirms commitment to evaluating clinical efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and equity impact of medical technologies under AB-PMJAY<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

NHA, DHR, and ICMR join hands to align healthcare pricing, streamline treatments, and advance operational research<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Posted On: 10 NOV 2025 7:32PM by PIB Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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The National Health Authority (NHA), the implementing agency of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) and the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), has renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Health Research (DHR) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The renewed collaboration aims to further strengthen technical cooperation for evidence-based decision-making to optimize healthcare resource allocation and enhance quality across India\u2019s flagship health schemes.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The MoU was formally signed by Dr. Sunil Kumar Barnwal, CEO, National Health Authority, and Dr. Rajiv Bahl, Secretary, Department of Health Research and Director General, ICMR. Senior officials including Ms. Jyoti Yadav, Joint Secretary (AB-PMJAY), Dr. Pankaj Arora, Director (NHA), and representatives from the Red Cross Society were present on the occasion.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The partnership between NHA and DHR\/ICMR, initially established in November 2019, successfully leveraged Health Technology Assessment (HTA) principles to support NHA in optimizing Health Benefit Packages (HBPs) under AB-PMJAY. The renewed MoU reaffirms the shared commitment to evaluating the clinical efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and equity impact of medical technologies, procedures, and devices covered under the scheme.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Expanding its scope, the renewed agreement will also extend the collaboration to the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM). Under this, DHR and ICMR, through the Health Technology Assessment India (HTAIn) initiative, will provide data-driven insights to evaluate digital health interventions\u2014including electronic health records (EHRs), telemedicine platforms, and AI-based diagnostics\u2014to ensure their affordability, efficiency, and sustainability within the ABDM ecosystem.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Key areas of collaboration include:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Costing of Healthcare Services: Utilizing cost data from the National Costing Initiative to rationalize reimbursement rates for healthcare procedures in both public and private sectors under PM-JAY.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Standard Treatment Workflows:\u00a0Implementing Standard Treatment Workflows (STWs) developed by DHR\/ICMR\u2019s expert committees to ensure appropriate disease management, reduce unnecessary care, and enhance quality service delivery.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Operational Research:\u00a0Conducting targeted health systems research to address implementation challenges in AB-PMJAY, improve patient safety, and strengthen healthcare delivery.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This renewed partnership underscores the collective commitment of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, National Health Authority, and Indian Council of Medical Research towards achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by ensuring equitable access to safe, high-quality, and affordable healthcare for all beneficiaries.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NHA renews MoU with DHR and ICMR to strengthen evidence-based healthcare decision-making MoU reaffirms commitment to evaluating clinical efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and equity impact of medical technologies under AB-PMJAY NHA, DHR, and ICMR join hands to align healthcare pricing, streamline treatments, and advance operational research Posted On: 10 NOV 2025 7:32PM by PIB Delhi The National …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11683"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11686,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11683\/revisions\/11686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}