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Cashless Hospitalisation facility is available only at Network Hospitals. Cashless hospitalisation Facility enables the insured to obtain admission at designated hospitals subject to obtaining an Authority Letter from Medi Assist. In such cases, Medi Assist settles the hospital bills directly on your behalf.
In the case of a planned admission, you would have first consulted a doctor who in turn would have advised you on the probable date of hospitalization. In such a case, you must apply for an approval of the estimated hospital expenses directly with Medi Assist India at least 72 hrs prior to the date of hospitalization. TPA desk or Hospital executive may assist you in filling up the form and the same shall be sent to Medi Assist.
Your claim would be assessed in the light of the policy issued to you by your insurance company and a letter of authorization will be issued to the hospital authorizing the patient's treatment. Once the Authority letter is sent to the hospital from Medi Assist, you need not pay to the hospital. Medi Assist will pay your hospital bills up to the amount authorized in the Authority letter.
Emergency hospitalization is a hospitalization which requires immediate admission to the hospital when an insured or covered family member meets with a sudden accident or suffers from a bout of illness
Step 1 Approach the nearest Network hospital.
Step 2 Go to the TPA desk and fill in the Pre-auth form & submit. Hospital would send the filled in pre authorization request form to Medi Assist. Medi Assist will check the liability and send authorization letter (in case if the hospitalization is warranted and admissible under policy terms) or denial letter.
Step 3
In case of emergency or unplanned admission, the hospital must send the pre-authorization request to Medi Assist within 24 hours from the time of admission .In case of planned hospitalization it is prudent to send the preauthorization request to Medi Assist at least 72 hours prior the admission date. This will ensure a hassle-free admission procedure for you at the hospital.
Yes, Mediclaim policy allows reimbursement of relevant medical expenses incurred during pre & post hospitalization towards the ailment / disease for which hospitalisation was necessitated. This is subjected to the limits prescribed in the policy.
If cashless facility is not availed, pre-authorisation is denied or treatment is availed at a non-network hospital, the insured will have to settle the bills directly with the hospital & subsequently claim reimbursement from Medi Assist by submitting the following documents in original to the nearest office of Medi Assist:
Hospital / Nursing home should have a minimum of 15/10 in-patient beds depending on the class of town. Please refer your policy prospectus for a complete definition. Please ensure that the hospital / nursing home where you are contemplating treatment fulfils these criteria.
You can submit the claim intimation at www.mediassistindia.com (Registration >> Claim intimation) or you can write to callcentre@mediassistindia.com with all the above particulars.
Yes, Mediclaim policy allows reimbursement of relevant medical expenses incurred during pre & post hospitalization towards the ailment / disease for which hospitalisation was necessitated. This is subjected to the limits prescribed in the policy.
15 working days after receiving all the required documents.
7 working days
In case of insufficient documents for the further validation of the existing claim, shortfall documents are raised.
In case of individual policy holders he can submit it to the nearest Medi-Assist branch. Corporate employees can hand it over to respective helpdesk person
10 working days
In case of Pre-Authorization request submitted through a network hospital, Please wait for up to 3 hrs to know the claim status. And in case of reimbursement claim, please check the claim status after 3 working days from the date of submission at Medi Assist office or from the date of correspondence through courier.
Sum Insured is reduced by the amount of claim paid for the rest of policy year.
There is no upper limit on the number of claims during the policy period. However, the total cumulative claim amount cannot exceed the Policy Sum Insured.
Copay is a percentage of amount which the policy holder has to bear at the time of discharge. It is applied on payable amount & the rest of the amount would be paid by the insurance company.
If the Sum insured exhausted, then the claimant has to pay the balance amount.