AFVOA Newletters of Year 2011

Page 28 of 44 battle cas. (e) Demise Grant-Raised from Rs. 3000/-to Rs. 5000/- (f) ADLR Scheme- Enhanced from Rs. 2500/- to Rs. 5000/- ECHS MATTERS ECHS Clinic at Fort St George has started functioning. We hope the much awaited clinic at Tambaram would also be inaugurated soon to relieve the pressure of the existing clinic at MH Complex. The Poly clinic at Fort St George has a telephone- 25673344.The Mobile no.is 9445951083 is with the OiC Col.G.Gopalakrishnan- Signals OiC Poly Clinic MH St Thomas Mount complex, Cdr.V. Vaidyanathan, is a work and result oriented veteran and is our member. He has been successful in streamlining the procedures at the clinic for better patient care and welfare. Comfortable waiting rooms for patients have been recently inaugurated in the Poly clinic complex. Suggestions are welcome.For those of us who are using the two wheelers, to visit MH Chennai/ECHS Poly clinic,please wear the helmet to gain entry. OC MH is enforcing the orders very strictly. Members are advised to be conversant with the correct procedure to be adopted while submitting the mandatory documents for getting medical claims passed for payment, when they had obtained treatment in a “Non-empaneled” hospital in an emergent situation. A lot of scrutiny of the documents is involved at different channels of command before the sanction is accorded. The check list is appended below for information “After the ship has sunk, everyone knows how it could have been saved.” Anonymous ARRANGING OF NON-EMPANELLED HOSPITAL BILLS (All non-empanelled hospital bills are to be organized in the following sequence, while handing over to the Poly clinic) 1. A covering letter addressed to the OiC explaining the reason for not being able to obtain treatment in an empanelled hospital. (Indicate your land line/Mobile tele. Nos. for obtaining clarifications) 2. Emergency certificate, justified by the hospital that provided treatment 3. Emergency information report of the Poly clinic, should be obtained within 48 Hrs. of admission 4. Smartcard copy. 5. Contingent Bill for the claim amount preferred. 6. Bank mandate form/Blank cancelled cheque. 7. Patient Bill breakup submitted by the hospital that treated. 8. Hospital original Bill 9. Hospital Bill break up