In case you or one of your family members is a beneficiary of CGHS (Central Government Health Scheme) then it is now easy to avail treatment under this scheme. In 2025, to ensure that the CGHS is all digital and convenient, the Central Government has implemented five significant changes.
Following the same, people don’t have to stand in queues to get treatment, bearing payment slips and avoiding carrying documents in and out of offices will not be necessitated anymore after the new changes.
1. New mobile app and portal of HMIS
The Ministry of Health has come up with a new HMIS portal (www.cghs.mohfw.gov.in) and a CGHS mobile application. Using this you can access the services of appointment booking and e- card downloading as well as viewing medical reports in your mobile even at home.
2. PAN based special CGHS ID
The beneficiary will now be issued a special CGHS ID to be combined with the PAN card and this will do away with a possibility of cheating and all the records of the family will be consolidated under one place.
3. Digital payment facility
The CGHS fees for the renewal till now used to be done on the old HMIS portal. Old Bharatkosh portal is closed. This will subsequently result in validation instantly after cash payment. One will not have to go to the CGHS office with the slip after payment.
4. Approval of life saving medical devices online
Under the new developments, the process of online application and release is initiated on the necessary machines such as oxygen concentrator, CPAP, BiPAP. In the past to get it approved, one needed to visit the wellness center and apply numerous times. Approvals have been made within 5 days as compared to 20 days before.
5. At each stage, there is SMS and email notice
It is now easy to know every step made or happened concerning CGHS via sms and email, no matter whether application has been given, approval received or payment done. Therefore you do not have to call one by one and go to CGHS office and enquire.
5. SMS and email messaging at each stage
Now every time you apply something related to CGHS, be it application, approval or payment verification you will get information regarding all the working of it by SMS and email. It will not require you to retouch the phone and or going to the CGHS office and requesting.
The following 4 jobs need to be done in order to exploit the new changes
- Log in the new HMIS portal and connect PAN.
- Use the mobile application.
- Activate SMS/ email notifications.
- Where necessary, make medical devices online applications.