Implementation Support for Karnataka Arogya Sanjeevini Scheme (KASS)

ACTIVE YEARS
May 2, 2024 - Present

Collaborators

DONORS
MSD Pharmaceuticals
PARTNERS
Karnataka Arogya Sanjeevini Scheme (KASS) under Suvarna Arogya Suraksha Trust (SAST)

Strengthening Healthcare for Karnataka's Government Employees

ACCESS Health is providing technical support to the Karnataka Arogya Sanjeevini Scheme (KASS), a comprehensive health scheme for state government employees and their dependents. It is a cashless health care scheme which covers both allopathy and AYUSH systems of medicine. The scheme facilities are extended through public and empanelled private health care organization. The goal is to improve service utilization, focus on cervical cancer prevention, and enhance the quality of care.

Program Objectives

Strengthening demand and supply with better hospital empanelment, boosting cervical cancer awareness, and expanding coverage to pensioners.

Strengthen demand and supply by improving hospital empanelment and care quality through multimodal therapies.

Spread awareness on the prevention of cervical cancer, with a focus on screening and vaccination.

Increase coverage by including pensioners in the scheme.

Public Health Focus Areas

Nature of Support

A collaborative effort to enhance healthcare delivery and increase scheme participation.

ACCESS Health seeks to improve the service utilization of the scheme by strengthening demand and supply (empowerment of hospitals) and quality of care through multimodal therapies. The intervention seeks to bring attention to the prevention of cervical cancer with a focus on screening and vaccination. Increasing coverage by including pensioners is a key focus area. The collaboration also intends to identify and pilot innovative financing schemes for cancer in partnership with state institutions such as the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). 

 

Desired Outcomes

Improved service utilization and coverage through strategic partnerships, targeted interventions, and focused efforts on cervical cancer prevention

Greater access to healthcare services by improving supply-side capacity through hospital empanelment under the KASS scheme.

Multistakeholder Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) strategy to increase the uptake of the KASS scheme among beneficiaries.

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