Medical Ins. Policy

Procedure for claim as per Indian Bank instructions:


 SUB : MEDICAL INSURANCE SCHEME:

 In terms of the X Bipartite Settlement / Joint Note dated 25.05.2015 signed between Unions / Associations and IBA on behalf of member Banks, a new Medical Insurance Scheme for officers and award staff has been implemented with effect from 01.10.2015 for reimbursement of medical expenses in lieu of the hospitalization scheme. In case of retired staff, the scheme is effective from 01.11.2015 subject to payment of stipulated premium by them.

The insurer for the scheme is M/s United India Insurance Company Limited and the Third Party Administrator (TPA) allotted to our Bank is M/s Paramount Health Services (TPA) Pvt Ltd.

The salient features of the scheme are as follows:

  1. The Sum Insured for Hospitalization and Domiciliary Treatment coverage per annum for Officers is Rs.400000/- and for Award staff is Rs.300000/-

  1. All new Officers / employees shall be covered from the date of joining as per their appointment letter.

  1. The scheme covers hospitalization as well as domiciliary treatment.

  1. The scheme has built in facility of cashless treatment in network hospitals enlisted by the TPA.

  1. The scheme will also cover the existing retired officers / employees and spouse subject to payment of stipulated premium by them..

Under the Scheme, for hospitalization of self or dependent family members, employees (in case of retirees, retiree or his / her spouse) can avail cashless facility in any network Hospital or claim reimbursement of hospitalization expenditure incurred by submitting the required medical bills and documents.


Procedure to avail cashless facility:

·        A list of network hospitals where cashless treatment can be availed is hosted in HRM online site. The list is also available in the website of the TPA,  www.paramounttpa.com/providernetwork/providernetwork.aspx.

·        In case of an emergency, the concerned staff has to arrange for the Admission Request Note to be sent by the Network Hospital to TPA within 24 hours of admission. The Admission Request Note is available in the TPA counter ( Insurance Help desk) of the network hospital.



    In case of a planned hospitalization, the staff has to arrange for the Admission Request Note (Pre-Authorisation Form) to be sent by the Network Hospital to TPA seven days in advance.

·        The Admission Request Note is to be filled in by the treating Doctor with his signature and stamped by the Hospital.

·        It is mandatory for the staff to mention the PHS ID number which will be available in the e-card / ID card provided by the TPA , SR No (employee id) , name of the Bank and branch in the Claim Form for proper identification / verification and further processing of the claim.

·        The staff should ensure that all the required details are furnished in the Admission Request Note, sign it and submit the completed admission request note to the TPA desk (Insurance Help Desk) of the Hospital . The TPA desk will in turn send the request form to M/s Paramount Health Services for approval.

·        On receipt of the Request Note by the TPA, the claim will be registered and a unique claim number (FIR / CCN) will be generated. This number should be quoted in all correspondence relating to that particular hospitalization.

·        The TPA will verify the claim and if admissible, an Authorisation Letter will be sent (faxed / mailed ) to Hospital and a copy will be mailed to the staff, if his e-mail id is available. An SMS alert regarding the authorization will be sent to the mobile number of the staff registered with the TPA.

At the time of discharge:

v                       The ineligible expenses and other charges which are outside the purview of the scheme are payable by the staff.

v                       If the bill amount exceeds the eligible limit (i.e. Rs.300000 for Award staff and Rs.400000 for officers) , staff will have to pay the difference amount in excess of the eligible limit to the hospital.

v                       Network hospital, wherein the staff / dependent has availed cashless facility, will not give the Original Bill, Discharge Card, Investigation Reports, etc. (as they have to send these to the TPA for settlement with the Insurance Co.). However staff may ask for copies of the same for their records & subsequent follow-up for which the Hospital may charge a nominal amount for issuing duplicates.

v                       Prior to discharge staff should verify the Final Bill & duly sign the same.

Points to remember:

Ø                   Staff should carry the e-card / ID card, valid Photo ID Proof like Bank identity card, voter-id, driving license etc for the patient (self or dependent) while requesting for cashless facility.

Ø                   Staff should ensure that the hospital has sent the required documents to the TPA for processing the request for cashless facility.

Ø                   Staff should sign the final hospital bills at the time of discharge.

Ø                   Staff should collect the Photo copy of the entire documents like Medical Bill, Discharge Summary, Medical reports etc for future reference.

The above procedure shall be followed for the retired staff and spouse for availing cashless facility.



Procedure for claiming reimbursement of Hospitalisation expenditure:

Where the staff has paid the medical bills for hospitalization either in network hospital without availing the cashless facility or in non-network hospital, the procedure for claiming reimbursement is as follows:

The Institution from where medical facility is availed (in case of non-network hospital) should have been registered as a Hospital with the local authorities.

Staff should submit the claim for reimbursement as per format in Annexure I within 30 days from Date of Discharge to the respective Zonal Offices. Similarly, in the case of retired staff the claim should be submitted to the respective Zonal office or Corporate office directly. A representative of the TPA will collect the claim forms received at Zonal Offices for processing at their end.

Claim forms can be downloaded from CBS Helpdesk - HRM Online Site or from the Internet at the website  www.paramounttpa.com.

Documents to be submitted with the Claim form:

v                       Completely filled in Claim form (Original)

v                       In case of delay in submission, reason for delay in submission.

v                       Schedule of Expenses

v                       Copy of the PHS ID card/e card.

v                       Original Discharge Card/ Summary.

v                       Original hospital final bill with complete breakup of the expenses.

v                       Original numbered receipts for payments made to the hospital

v                       All original bills for investigations done with the respective reports

v                       All original bills for medicines supported by relevant prescriptions

v                       Upon approval, the amount of reimbursement will be credited to the SB account of the staff through NEFT by the TPA.

The above procedure shall be followed for the retired staff and spouse for claiming reimbursement of domiciliary treatment expenses.

Pre and post hospitalization expenses:

The following documents are to be submitted in case of claim for reimbursement of pre and post hospitalization expenses.

u                       Claim form as in Annexure-I

u                       It should be mentioned in the first page of the form at the top that the claim is for reimbursement of pre and post hospitalisation expenditure.

u                       Copy of the e-card / ID card.

u                       Original consultation bills supported by consultation note / papers of the doctor.

u                       Original Investigation / Pathological / Radiological test bills supported by Reports & advice for the same.

u                       Original Pharmacy bills supported by  respective prescriptions for the same.

u                       Copy of Discharge Summary of the Hospitalization.


u                       The required documents as stated above should be sent to Zonal Office within 7 days from completion of Post Hospitalization Benefit under the policy, i.e. 90 days.

The above procedure shall be followed for the retired staff and spouse for claiming reimbursement of pre and post hospitalization expenses.

Domiciliary Treatment:

The following documents are to be submitted in case of domiciliary treatment:
u                       Claim form as in Annexure-II

u                       Copy of the Medical certificate and prescription certified by the attending medical practitioner and / or Bank’s Medical Officer.

u                       Copy of the e-card / ID card.

u                       All Original bills for investigations done with the respective reports

u                       All original bills for medicines supported by relevant prescriptions

u                       All payment receipts in Original.

u                       The required documents as stated above should be sent to Zonal Office.

u                       The claims for domiciliary treatment will be collected by the TPA from the Zonal Offices by 10th of every month for processing and reimbursement.

The above procedure shall be followed for the retired staff and spouse for claiming reimbursement of domiciliary treatment expenses.


A list of Zone wise contact details of the TPA is provided in Annexure III. Zonal Offices are requested to contact the representative of the TPA allotted to their Zones for any requirement relating to the Medical Insurance Scheme.

At Zonal offices, a separate register is to be maintained for recording all Hospitalization / Domiciliary medical bills received from staff and retirees. The hospitalization bills will be collected by the TPA as and when it is received. The domiciliary bills will be collected on the 10th of every month. All Medical bills under this scheme should be delivered to the TPA under proper acknowledgement.

All medical bills relating to Hospitalisation where date of hospitalization was prior to 01.10.2015 and domiciliary treatment expenses incurred prior to 01.10.2015 shall be processed and reimbursed as per erstwhile scheme.




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Following presentation is for retired employees.
But, it hold good for serving employees also, except definition of family and payment of premium.


click the following link and read the A to Z of the Medical Insurance scheme.

Power Point presentation of Medical Insurance Policy 

courtesy: bankpensioner.blogspot.in
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Family Definition for Serving Employees:

Premium will be paid by the Bank.


The Scheme Covers Employee + Spouse + Dependent Children +
 2 dependent Parents /parents-in-law.

 No age limit for dependent children. (including step children and legally adopted children )
 
    A child would be considered dependent if their monthly income does not exceed 
    Rs. 10,000/- per month; which is at present, or revised by Indian Banks’ Association 
    in due course.
* Widowed Daughter and dependent divorced / separated daughters,
* Sisters including unmarried / divorced / abandoned or separated from husband/ widowed sisters 

* and Crippled Child shall be considered as dependent for the purpose of this policy.

* Physically challenged Brother / Sister with 40% or more disability.

*  No Age Limits for Dependent Parents.
  Either Dependent Parents or parents-In-law will be covered.
  Parents would be considered dependent if their monthly income does not exceed
  Rs. 10,000/- per month, which is at present, or revised by Indian Banks’ Association
   in due course, and wholly dependent on the employee as defined in this scheme.

IBA informed that the new scheme on hospitalisation/ medical expenses reimbursement scheme has commenced from 1-10-2015 (for serving employees)

Procedure for claim as per Indian Bank instructions:


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For Retired  Employees:

Family Definition :

Self and Spouse.
Premium Should be paid by the Retirees.
Scheme for retired employees will be effective from 01.11.2015

Group Medical Scheme introduced by IBA is though more or less identical for employees and retirees, the following features/ facilities will not be available to retirees.

(a)In case of retirees, only self and spouse will be covered under this policy. Dependent Parents/ Children will not be covered as available to the employees during the service period.

(b)Banks will be only selling point for retirees and insurance claims will have to be handled and settled by the retiree directly with the insurance company through TPA while claims of employees under the policy will be settled by banks and banks will handle the claim with the insurance company.

(c)Entire insurance premium for buying the policy will have to be borne by the retiree while premium charges for employee by borne by the bank.

(d)As per clause 3.2 of the scheme, employees will be eligible to receive lump sum cash payment of Rs. 1lakh for certain critical diseases which will not be available to the retirees.

4. We wish to draw your kind attention on the following features of the policy.

(a)Eligibility: Retired Employees and their dependent spouses.

(b)Amount of Insurance: Retired Officers: Rs. 4lakhs and Retired Clerk and Sub Staff Rs. 3 Lakhs. These amounts of sum assured are fixed one with no flexibility.

(c)It will be floater Policy. Total sum assured will be available to one or both for settlement of claim in the year.

(d)As mentioned above insurance premium will have to be borne by the retiree in advance. First year premium including service tax is Rs. 7493 for policy of Rs. 4 lakhs and Rs. 5620 for policy for Rs. 5620/- approx. It should be importantly noted that next year and subsequent yeas premiums apyable will be subject to change. It is important point for retirees as the premium has to borne by the retirees.

(e)If husband and wife both are bank retirees, each can take separate policy as per their entitlement subject to payment of premium.

(f)The scheme will be implemented by the individual banks. It will be optional for the retirees to join the scheme. The retiree will have to submit the application in the prescribed format to the bank within the stipulated time.

(g)The retiree will have to give authority to the bank to debit designated account for premium amount for first year and subsequent years. Therefore it is necessary for the retiree to maintain sufficient balance in the designated account during the relevant period to enable the bank to debit the account and remit the premium to the insurance company. Any default in this regard will make the retiree ineligible from benefit of the policy.

(h)There is no age limit for joining the scheme and for subsequent renewals.

(i)Pre-existing diseases will be covered from day one without any waiting period.

(j)No Medical examination will be necessary for joining the scheme.

(k)Cashless facility for the treatment will be available at the networked hospitals. In other cases retiree will have to pay the charges and subsequently claim reimbursement from the TPA.

(l)With certain stipulations Day care and domiciliary expenses will be eligible for reimbursement.

(m)Allopathic/Ayurveda/Homeopathy/Naturopathy treatments are also covered under this policy.

(n)The retiree will have option to withdraw from the scheme any time in future but will not have option to join it after the date notified by the bank/ IBA