The Voice that Leads Indian Healthcare

NATHEALTH has been created with the vision to “Be the credible and unified voice of the healthcare ecosystem in improving access and quality of healthcare”.

This is the time to collaborate,
innovate and reimagine healthcare

NATHEALTH is the pivot for the healthcare ecosystem. It aligns itself with the aspirations of the different forums - medical technology, innovation, providers, diagnostics, insurance, home care, senior care, education and private equity/value chain, to build a unified industry voice and power the next wave of progress in Indian healthcare.

People

Evangelize a “fit for purpose” unique healthcare model that is made in India for India

Worked together with every stakeholder to remove constraints of access, cost, equity and quality

Demonstrate capabilities towards building sustainable integrated healthcare models

Gather and incubate ideas those advance the goals of a universal health coverage

Partners

Partnered with global organisations with like-minded vision and priorities

Reliable value partners for global health institutions, academia, and NGOs

Engaged with trade bodies to develop unified agenda(s)

Espoused and promoted India as a medical tourism destination

Built a knowledge repository for the healthcare sector and people to use for COVID prevention, treatment and vaccination

Members

Galvanize our member base with a re-energized vision and aligning ourselves across key cross- sectoral issues

Expanding our base to cover unorganized healthcare sectors across the country

Communicating effectively with our stakeholders on behalf of our members

Governing ourselves with transparency and honesty of purpose

Policy Makers

Bringing the best possible expertise and showcasing capabilities to help drive policy developments

Ideating the vision and be the innovation partner

Co-creating solutions to deliver universal health coverage

Inspiring confidence as a best- in-class delivery system

Reinstate belief in the private healthcare eco-system

Vision and Mission
Navigating
challenges, together

Established in 2012, with an objective to bring together healthcare stakeholders in India and work along with policy makers to create an environment that will power the next wave of healthcare for all. NATHEALTH is the genesis of this movement. It is the forum that will facilitate the shift in mindset, delivery and decision making. Our goal is to build a better and a healthier future.

Be the voice of the healthcare ecosystem
Recommend action points to Enable the environment to fund long term growth
Enable the environment to fund long term growth
Support best practices and promote accreditation
Encourage innovation
Help develop and optimize healthcare infrastructure
Help shape policy and regulations

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Key Themes

Creating the Winning Agenda

NATHEALTH 3.0

5 thematic areas for key interventions to deliver the maximum impact

Health sector capacity expansion and infrastructure build up

Decongesting, debottlenecking institutions, Affordable care expansion in Tier II-IV (new business models, tech enabled, partnership Govt/Private, private-private, etc.), New models of care (out of hospital, step down, urgent, ambulatory care, specialty care expansion, home care etc.)

Digital Health

Tech infra, solutions: IT backbone / Interoperability / tech stack; HIS/EMR; Health ID, Disease repository, analytics , Skilling and education expansion (asynchronous training, CME, upskilling, etc.), Access expansion (virtual care, discovery platform), Integrated care enablement, coordination

Scaling healthcare delivery with innovation across value chain

Start up ecosystem enablement, Partnership models (Corp VC, financial investors, strategic partnership, etc.), Setting up Healthcare accelerators, incubators, Atmanirbar for healthcare products and devices in India (value focused); design and make in India

Globalizing India’s healthcare

Medical Value Travel full potential, Global Supply Chain Integration, India for global healthcare delivery (remote monitoring, virtual care delivery, etc.), India as data/analytics hub (payers, providers, etc.), Alternative medicine expansion

Aarogya Bharat (health system evolution)

New financing models (capitation, performance based, strategic purchasing, etc.), Preventive, public and population health
Delivery innovations, New models: value-based care, Universal health expansion, Disease mgmt. (NCD, MCH, etc.), Standardized, Guidelines, accreditation

Expanding our ApertureRegional Chapters

Our Regional Chapters engage with State Governments and regional stakeholders to mobilize a movement
that champions core issues - quality care, wellness, restoring trust in
our healthcare institutions and the private healthcare sector

North Chapter

Chair: Mr. Ashwajit Singh, Founder & Managing Director, IPE Global

Co Chair: Mr. Anand K, Chief Executive Officer, SRL Diagnostics Mr. Abhishek Kapoor, SVP – Strategy, Regency Healthcare Mr. Narendra Varde, MD Roche Diagnostics Mr. Parveen Jain, Head Regulatory & Govt affairs, Fresenius Medical
Dr. Anil Vinayak, Group COO, Fortis Healthcare

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East Chapter

Chair: Dr. Alok Roy, Chairman & Managing Director, Medica Synergie Pvt. Ltd.

Co Chair: Ms. Ruma Banerjee, Vice President, Neotia Healthcare Initiative Ltd. Mr. Rupak Barua, Group CEO & Director, AMRI Group of Hospitals, Dr. Simmardeep Gill, Chief Executive Officer, CK Birla Hospitals Mr. Suyash Borar, Director, Xceptional Health & Wellness Pvt. Ltd

West Chapter

Chair: Mr. Sanjiv Navangul MD, Bharat Serum

Co – Chair: Ms. Visalakshi Chandramouli, Founding Partner Tata Capital, Dr. Vivek Desai, HOSMAC India Private Limited, Dr. Ankit Thakker, Executive Director and CEO at Jupiter Hospital, Mr. Dharmil Sheth, Co-Founder, Pharmeasy/API Holdings

South Chapter

Chair: Dr. K. Hari Prasad, President, Hospitals Division, Apollo Hospitals

Co – Chair: Mr. Gangadi Madhukar Reddy, Managing Director & CEO, MedPlus Mr. Srikanth Srinivasan, Head of Services, GE Healthcare Ms. Mansi Wadhwa, Head-Growth Programs, India Medtronic Pvt. Ltd.

The Leadership Team

Our leadership team represents the different facets of the healthcare ecosystem.

Dr. Ashutosh Raghuvanshi

President, NATHEALTH
Managing Director & CEO, Fortis Healthcare

Ms. Ameera Shah

Senior Vice President, NATHEALTH
Managing Director, Metropolis Healthcare

Mr Abhay Soi

Vice President -NATHEALTH
Chairman & Managing Director, Max Healthcare Institute Limited

Mr Shishir Agarwal

Secretary-NATHEALTH
Managing Director, Terumo India Private Limited

Ms Visalakshi Chandramouli

Treasurer -NATHEALTH
Managing Partner, Tata Capital Healthcare Fund

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President's Message

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These are exciting times for our country. As we witness India’s breathtaking transformation into a vibrant and technology-driven modern nation, it is important to stay focused on ensuring good health and quality life for our people.

Dr. Ashutosh Raghuvanshi

President, NATHEALTH, Managing Director & CEO, Fortis Healthcare

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NATHEALTH's media coverages as the unified voice of the healthcare industry. The communication channels are a way of deliberating on key industry talk points.

Govt’s New Medical Device Policy & How Will It Impact Industry: All You Need To Know

The six strategies of the National Medical Device Policy 2023, propose to augment the growth story of the medical devices industry in India and entail focus areas such as streamlining regulation, enabling infrastructure, facilitating R&D and innovation, inviting investments, facilitating skilled manpower and promoting the industry for exports

April 28, 2023

Medical device makers give a thumbs up to National Medical Devices Policy

The policy push comes over and above the performance linked incentive schemes that are already underway in the sector

April 27, 2023

Union Cabinet approves Medical Devices Policy; here’s what industry leaders say

Dr. GSK Velu, Chairman, and MD of Trivitron Healthcare said that this policy will drive accelerated growth, promote innovation, and create new jobs in the sector.

April 27, 2023

Digital Pathology, Eyesight to AI sight – Transforming lab workflows digitally through artificial intelligence

India is also grappling with a shortage of pathologists and microbiologists. It takes immense effort to diagnose samples without the aid of technology which underlines the need to use the latest technology like Artificial Intelligence (AI) to speed up diagnosis and increase its scale. India has about 3 lakh medical testing laboratories but only 5,500 qualified MD pathologists.

April 21, 2023

Ringing in the Right to Health, a signal for other States to follow

Clear rules needed now for Rajasthan’s landmark bill, even as activists hope more States follow suit

April 16, 2023

Price of package services unchanged, rendering CGHS revision ‘too little, too lata’: NATHEALTH PRESIDENT

While lauding the government for taking a step forward in the revision of CGHS rates, Dr Raghuvanshi, however, has called the revision "too little, too late." He said: "One of the major elements of the CGHS rate revision—the pricing of package services—remains unchanged, rendering the revision too little, too late."

April 14, 2023

Central Government Health Scheme: Why private healthcare players are demanding revised charges for diagnostics, surgical services

Dissatisfied with the revision of rates for services provided by private healthcare outlets to CGHS beneficiaries‚ industry players are asking the government to go the whole hog

April 14, 2023

Amidst CGHS Package Rate Hike, Pricing Of Diagnostics, Surgical Packages Unchanged

The decision will result in an increase in spending for the government from Rs 240 crore to Rs 300 crore

April 14, 2023

Consolidation is in the offing for diagnostics industry: SRL’s Anand K

‘Diagnostic test prices have largely remained unchanged over five years, despite inflation’

April 13, 2023

Heating up. Facing cost pressure, diagnostic players in catch-22 situation on price revision

Costly imports due to dollar appreciation and heating-up competition leave less room for price revision

April 12, 2023

Is Rajasthan’s RTH Bill the right template for India?

While a perfect RTH/UHC Bill might be a Utopia, all stakeholders should learn from Rajasthan’s experience

April 7, 2023

Pvt healthcare providers want Rajasthan’s ‘Right to Health’ law to be kept in abeyance

The healthcare industry body also expressed fears of increased legal and criminal cases that could be lodged against doctors as a result of the new law.

April 3, 2023

Why Rajasthan doctors are refusing Gehlot’s Right to Health bill

Right to Health Bill passed by Ashok Gehlot says neither government nor private hospitals and clinics can refuse a person seeking emergency treatment, adding that the state government will bear the cost of the treatment provided by the hospital. The doctors however, have asked the government to define the term ‘emergency’ properly. The doctors working...

March 31, 2023

Put RTH Bill In Abeyance Till Consensus Is Achieved: NATHEALTH Prez

On Wednesday, healthcare providers body NATHEALTH's President, Dr Ashutosh Raghuvanshi in a statement spoke on the ongoing tussle between Rajasthan's government and the state's private doctors.

March 30, 2023

Roll back Rajasthan’s ‘Right to Health Bill’ until consensus is achieved: NATHEALTH PRESIDENT

The bill raises significant questions that weigh in on private providers around operational viability, financial sustainability, patient privacy and the increased legal and criminal cases that will be lodged against doctors who are already victims of physical violence: Dr Ashutosh Raghuvanshi.

March 29, 2023

Health tech start-ups: New stars of India’s healthcare ecosystem

Health tech start-ups are revolutionizing the healthcare sector by designing and creating innovative medical technologies that are optimizing patient care outcomes, healthcare delivery systems, and reducing costs. The number of ventures in this sector has grown exponentially, from 452 in 2016 to nearly 90,000 in India today. There are over 8,000 health tech start-ups in India valued at around $2 billion and growing at a rate of almost 40%.

March 27, 2023

Dr. Ashutosh Raghuvanshi elected as new President of NATHEALTH

He takes charge from Dr. Shravan Subramanyam, erstwhile President of NATHEALTH during FY 2022-23. This was announced in the AGM post the 9th NATHEALTH Annual Summit 2023.

March 27, 2023

Here’s why digital adoption remains low in private health providers despite benefits

The report, Pathways to Scale Adoption of Digital Health in India, which was produced in association with consulting firm Arthur D Little, is based on a survey on 30 private healthcare providers. The report said that 93 per cent of the respondents agreed that digitalisation is beneficial for the healthcare ecosystem and 80 per cent recorded using digital tools for the most common use case, i.e., to register customer data (demographic and clinical).

March 25, 2023

Rural PPP hospitals: Private operators want govt help with operational costs, permission to fix fee

The summit brought healthcare industry leaders and the government together to discuss, deliberate and find ways to improve the country's healthcare system.

March 23, 2023

NATHEALTH 9th Annual Summit: Healthcare leaders call for Addressing current barriers and unlocking pathways to achieving universal health coverage

The summit brought healthcare industry leaders and the government together to discuss, deliberate and find ways to improve the country's healthcare system.

March 23, 2023

NATHEALTH 9th Annual Summit: Healthcare leaders call for Addressing current barriers and unlocking pathways to achieving universal health coverage

The summit brought healthcare industry leaders and the government together to discuss, deliberate and find ways to improve the country's healthcare system.

March 23, 2023

NATHEALTH 9th Annual Summit 2023: Healthcare Leaders Call for Addressing Current Barriers and Unlocking Critical Pathways to Achieving Universal Health Coverage

The summit brought healthcare industry leaders and the government together to discuss, deliberate and find ways to improve the country's healthcare system.

March 23, 2023

Communication in healthcare

Communication is a means of exchange of information, as also a method of sharing ideas. However, in health care, poor communication is a bane. Let's see how.

March 19, 2023

Healthcare financing needs attention

The country needs new healthcare models to ensure that medical treatment payouts are made for the right approaches and layouts.

March 18, 2023

Pharmaceutical industry hails Budget; says proposal will promote research, innovation

The pharmaceutical industry on Wednesday hailed the Budget terming it a step in the right direction to promote research and innovation in the sector.

February 7, 2023

Private healthcare organisations welcome Budget 2023, call for incentives to charitable hospitals, funding for telemedicine

Private healthcare institutes raised concerns such as the government not increasing healthcare spending to 2.5 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) concern and streamlining embedded indirect taxes like Goods and Service Taxes (GST) in the sector.

February 2, 2023

Union Budget 2023-24: Budget not as per expectations

Healthcare stakeholders are dismayed that there was no increase in the budget allocation, no revision/reduction in GST, no tax exemption and missing out on the crucial aspect of universal health coverage.

February 1, 2023

Union Budget 2023: Key takeaways for health sector

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented Union Budget 2023-2024 today.

February 1, 2023

Budget 2023: A new vision for India’s healthcare is needed; will the govt rise to the occasion?

The healthcare sector, particularly the public sector, still faces barriers, despite being one of the world's best. The Budget is an apt time to fix the loopholes.

February 1, 2023

Pharma, healthcare industry seeks eased regulations, R&D-based incentives

Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) Secretary General Sudarshan Jain outlined the sector's wish list for the 2018 Union Budget, noting that the domestic pharmaceutical industry is currently worth about $50 billion and hopes to increase to about $130 billion by 2030 and $450 billion by 2047.

February 1, 2023

Budget 2023: Healthcare industry experts urge govt to focus on preventive care, increased investment & GST reform

Ideally, India should be spending at least 2.5- 3 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product on the healthcare system. Sadly, it does not. The healthcare sector and bodies affiliated with it have once again big expectations from the upcoming Union Budget.

January 11, 2023

How Genomics will ensure a risk-free and beneficial treatment for good health and well-being

By Amol Naikawadi. Although genetic testing is still a relatively new development in drug treatment, but this field is rapidly expanding considering the value proposition it provides.

December 29, 2022

Indian pharma sector set for ‘volume to value leadership’ journey in 2023

Reinvention and innovation will be the key mantra for the Indian pharma industry in the New Year as the 'pharmacy of the world' looks to move from volume to value leadership, amid emerging challenges of inflation and pricing pressures in the global markets.

December 22, 2022

Budget 2023: NATHEALTH seeks rationalisation of GST for healthcare sector

In its submission to the finance ministry on Wednesday , the industry body said that the healthcare sector has not been able to derive the benefits of the GST transition in comparison to other sectors. In fact, the embedded taxes in the sector have increased in the post-GST regime compared to pre-GST period, it noted.

December 14, 2022

Enhance Healthcare Infrastructure, Achieve Universal Health Coverage, $5 Trillion Economy: NATHEALTH

The recommendations cover strengthening healthcare infrastructure across tier 2 and 3 geographies, investing in emergency healthcare delivery services and expanding testing infrastructure in the hinterland by accelerating capex spends, as per the statement it issued.

December 14, 2022

Creating a pool of medical specialists

Reinvent and innovate will be the key mantra for the Indian pharma industry in the New Year as the 'pharmacy of the world' looks to move from volume to value leadership, amid emerging challenges of inflation and pricing pressures in the global markets.

December 12, 2022

Call for one-time Budget allocation to pay Govt dues to healthcare providers

Nathealth claims the reimbursements for completed treatments are not made on time, and in most cases, remain unpaid even for 2-3 years

December 8, 2022

Driving innovation through partnerships to address India’s healthcare barriers: Mansi Wadhwa

There is growing awareness of the contribution healthcare technology companies can make, toward curtailing hospital costs and improving the quality of care. The winning combination of technology companies and hospital care providers can potentially expedite expansion of healthcare capacity and adoption of new technologies.

December 8, 2022

NatHealth calls for rationalisation of GST in upcoming Budget

Healthcare industry body NATHEALTH on Wednesday sought rationalisation of GST and enhanced insurance coverage especially in smaller cities and towns in the upcoming Budget.

December 7, 2022

Nathealth Demands Rationalization Of Gst In The Upcoming Budget

Healthcare industry body NATHEALTH on Wednesday sought rationalisation of GST and enhanced insurance coverage especially in smaller cities and towns in the upcoming Budget.

December 7, 2022

NATHEALTH key budget recommendations focus on transforming India into a 5 trillion USD economy on a healthy foundation

Short-term and long-term recommendations highlight the need for ease of doing business, uniform adoption of digital health, capacity building of healthcare workers and expanding insurance cover.

December 7, 2022

Exponential growth of Superbugs: Strong multi-sectorial steps needed to stem growing threat of AMR

According to Lancet, AMR was linked to 1·27 million deaths in 2019. In 2016, the Review on AMR commissioned by the British government estimated that by 2050, AMR could claim 10 million lives or one life every three seconds globally.

December 6, 2022

Budget FY24: NATHEALTH seeks rationalisation of GST for healthcare sector

Healthcare industry body NATHEALTH on Wednesday sought rationalisation of GST and enhanced insurance coverage especially in smaller cities and towns in the upcoming Budget.

December 4, 2022

NATHEALTH submits private health sector recommendations for Union Budget 2022

In the short-term recommendations submitted to the government, NATHEALTH has highlighted the need of enhancing the role of the private sector in increasing the capacities of our healthcare professionals to address the shortage of healthcare professionals.

December 4, 2022

Nathealth recommends enhancing healthcare infrastructure, universal health coverage as part of budget recommendations

Nathealth - Healthcare Federation of India has submitted a comprehensive set of recommendations to the government for the Union Budget 2023-24 to address the current barriers for the private healthcare sector.

December 3, 2022

Despite challenges, medical device industry in India has potential for high growth

According to government data, there are 750–800 domestic medical device manufacturers in India, with an average investment of $2.3–2.7 million and an average turnover of $6.2-6.9 million.

November 29, 2022

Not a single taker for Rs 50,000 crore scheme to set up hospitals in non-metro areas

Under the scheme, scheduled commercial banks were allowed to provide credit with interest rate, capped at 7.95 per cent per annum, for projects in the healthcare sector. A maximum of Rs 100 crore per project was to be disbursed.

November 1, 2022

Private hospitals concerned over removal of payment clause in revised CGHS empanelment pact

Large private hospitals have expressed serious reservations over the removal of payment terms in a proposed agreement for empanelment with the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS), saying this and other clauses will have a major impact on their ability to deliver seamless services.

September 27, 2022

NMC proposes relaxing norm for universities to start medical colleges

In a move that should make setting up medical colleges easier, the apex medical regulator has proposed doing away with the requirement of such institutions having a full-fledged hospital that has been functional for a minimum of two years.

September 22, 2022

Full accreditation of hospitals sluggish but demand high for entry-level certification

Only an estimated 2 percent of India’s hospitals with over 50 beds each have been fully accredited in the 17 years since the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers was set up.

September 22, 2022

India@2047 – From Heal in India to Heal by India

As India celebrates 75 years of independence and the beginnings of Amrutkaal, its healthcare system, enriched by a 5000-year legacy has much to offer to the world.

September 21, 2022

Top industry leaders to adopt 10 pc of TB patients enrolled under Ni -Kashay 2.0

The aim is to ensure quality care, nutrition, medical services, technology and diagnostic support and mitigate the high burden of costs borne by patients and their families, NATHEALTH President Dr Shravan Subramanyam said.

September 16, 2022

How better business models can bring affordable healthcare to Bharat

The year 2018 ushered in a new era for universal healthcare in India with the announcement of the world’s largest health insurance scheme, The Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana—giving financial assistance for hospital care for the most vulnerable population.

September 9, 2022

Genome sequencing: The future of preventive healthcare is now

We were often told that “Prevention is better than cure”. Yet, in matters of health, it is a human tendency to seek medical help only after detecting clinical symptoms. The trend is now changing as many more people have realised the benefits of prevention on quality of life and longevity.

September 7, 2022

As Centre readies ‘Heal in India’ portal, hospital chains suggest a slew of measures on medical tourism

As the government readies a ‘Heal in India’ portal to monitor the end-to-end journey of foreign patients arriving in the country for treatment, large private hospital chains looking to increase their medical tourism business have shared a number of suggestions with the Centre.

September 5, 2022

Replicating India’s emergency medical care model in emerging countries

By Prabhdeep Singh. Developing and emerging countries in Asia and Africa, with similar healthcare and related issues, can take a leaf out of India’s book to solve their healthcare woes.

August 28, 2022

NATHEALTH and CKD launches “Win with Vaccines” campaign

The objective of the campaign is to engage with key stakeholders, join hands with district authorities, and run a comprehensive public education program that addresses awareness gaps in understanding the benefits of vaccination

August 5, 2022

Home care: The changing face of care delivery in India

By Meena Ganesh And Vivek Srivastava.
India’s elderly population projected to triple in the next three decades.

June 28, 2022

Technology Adoption is the key to solving India’s challenge of access to a more equitable healthcare System

By Siddhartha Bhattacharya & Barnik Chitran Maitra Technological advances, digitally enabled care and public-private partnerships can transform healthcare in India

June 27, 2022

Understanding the role of private healthcare providers in India’s march toward Universal Health Coverage

There continues to be a perception that private hospitals are against public interest and operate only for profit. Therefore, it is important to examine a few aspects of overall hospital operational issues and challenges to decode these misconceptions

May 5, 2022

Breaching the digital frontier for Indian healthcare

Digital is the future in all sectors of the economy and society and healthcare is no exception. Digital delivery will become integral to healthcare provision, and something that people have embraced after being driven indoors by the pandemic.

March 26, 2022

Potential of MedTech to bridge the rural-urban gap

Rural communities have long struggled to maintain access to quality healthcare services. Rural healthcare in India is characterised by a huge gap between supply and demand.

April 7, 2021

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