ROHINI (Registry of Hospitals in Network of Insurance) is a registry of unique hospitals in the Health Insurers and Third Party Administrators (TPAs) network, in India. The registry has been developed by the Insurance Information Bureau of India (IIB) (promoted by Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India). The list now consists of approximately 33,000 unique hospitals, arrived at after an extensive exercise of automated as well as manual de-duplication undertaken by IIB. In the long run, the registry will evolve as a one stop source of all information related to Health Insurance, Hospitals and beyond, for the Insurers, Medical services providers, customers and regulators.

1) What is ROHINI?

ROHINI…… Registry of Hospitals in Network of Insurance, a distinctive effort by Insurance information Bureau of India IIB, promoted by the insurance regulator IRDAI. ROHINI, a one of its kind registry that begins with 32000 hospitals will act as central repository for hospitals in the Insurers Providers Network with the list of hospitals being updated periodically. To start with, each hospital will be provided with a 13-digit globally Unique ID and geographical coordinates based on their address.

2) Why should hospitals be part of ROHINI? How does ROHINI benefit them?

ROHINI will be a game changer for Hospitals, as it will progressively open up immense possibilities to rethink and reshape their strategies….. It will allow hospitals

• Greater Visibility, Credibility and Branding
• Register and Edit information
• Broadcast address or contact information changes in a matter of click to all stakeholders associated with them
• Faster claims processing
• Electronic exchange of medical records between hospitals and insurance companies seamlessly in future

The insurance Information Bureau of India (IIB) has launched the Registry of Hospitals in Network of Insurance (ROHINI ) to ease inefficiencies in claim settlements. It has close to 35,000 hospitals that have been provided with a 13-digit hospital identity number.

R Raghavan, chief executive officer of IIB said the health insurance industry in India is close to Rs 20,000 crore (including government schemes). “However, there is no credit credible registry of hospitals for the benefit of the stakeholders involved in the health insurance industry. ROHINI would be credible source of information on hospitals,” he said. ROHINI will help avoid duplication since every hospital will have one unique identity number. It also has a hospital self-service portal for fresh enrollment, addition/deletion, or amendment of already registered details. Also, alerts would be sent to Insurers and third-party administrators for any changes in the registry (new hospitals added, changes in the coordinates of an existing hospital, etc).

Future enhancements will be made to the registry with attributes like number of beds, specialisation, details of doctors, classification/ categorisation of these hospitals into clinics, hospitals, diagnostic centres among others, based on the feedback from the stakeholders, their evolving needs and their experience in the initial phases. Public can choose the hospitals based on their location preferences, specialities, empanelment of hospitals with insurance companies. Talking on the sidelines of this event, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) chairman T S Vijayan said that this will enable insurers to get access to authentic and de-duplicated registry.

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