NABH Accreditation
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06-04-2015: Bangalore West Lions' Eye Hospital has been received NABH Accreditation on 06-04-2015.
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Awarded
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20-03-2015: Sankara Eye Hospital, Bangalore, a part of Sankara Eye Foundation, India has been conferred with the prestigious IMC Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Award 2014 in health care sector, the most prestigious national quality award in the country. Founder and Managing Trustee of Sankara Eye Care Foundation, India Dr. R.V. Ramani, received the award from Mr. Vishwanathan Anand on 20 th March,2015 at the Making Quality Happen Awards Ceremony, at Y B Chavan Auditorium, Mumbai.
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Dr. NVV Himanshu passes away
Dr. NVV Himanshu
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24 Mar 2015: Dr. NV Vyomokesha Himanshu, Professor of Ophthalmology, Adichunchanagiri Medical College, Bellur. Former professor and HOD of Ophthalmology, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences. Passed away in peace today .
Son of Sri ND Venkatesh, Chief Justice of High Court of Karnataka, Dr Himanshu did his early schooling in Shimoga, studied medicine in BMC Bangalore and MS in Ophthalmology in Manipal. He served 28 years in KIMS out of which 17 years were as Head of the Department of Ophthalmology. He continued as Professor of Ophthalmology, Adichunchanagiri Medical College, Bellur till he passed away in peace today. He is remembered as a very jovial person by his close colleagues, who could make even a depressed man laugh in 5 minutes. Always a people’s man, very articulate and friendly and never had an enemy in personal and professional life. He had a special interest in Rifle shooting & wild life and spent considerable time and effort in these pursuits. Managing Committee of BOS prays for his Peace and to bestow adequate strength to his family, friends and students to bear this irreparable loss. Information courtesy : Friends and colleagues in KIMS. Photo Courtesy: http://www.kimsbangalore.edu.in/eyebank.html |
FemtoSecond Laser installed at Jyothi Lasik Vision Centre
05 March 2015: FemtoSecond laser for bladeless flap making, Corneal Tunnelling for ring segments, Presbyopic Implants and Lamellar Keratoplasty was commissioned for use at Jyothi, The Lasik Vision Centre, a group practice Centre dedicated for Refractive Surgeries in Bangalore
BOSSUMMIT 2015 GOLD MEDAL ORATION
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Dr. Bebashish Bhattacharya accepts the BOSSUMMIT GOLD MEDAL ORATION AWARD.
Dr. Bhattacharjee is the present President of All India Ophthalmological Society and the CMD of DISHA Eye Hospitals, West Bengal, India. Dr. Debashish Bhattacharya is a renowned personality in the field of ophthalmology in India and commands respect internationally due to breakthrough surgeries in his chosen subspecialty – cataract. In recognition of his service and expertise, Dr Bhattacharya has been conferred a number of awards and recognitions over the years both at home and abroad. Dr. Bhattacharya is a much sought after faculty at major conferences across India and has been invited to demonstrate live Cataract surgeries in most Asian countries for the teaching and development of surgeons. He has trained and shared his skills and knowledge with multiple surgeons across India, Asia and Europe. Dr. Bhattacharya is the Founder of Disha Eye Hospitals way back in 1997 and in less than two decades he has powered Disha Eye Hospitals to become the largest eye care provider in Eastern India. Presently Disha Eye Hospitals renders quality eye care with 9 hospitals, 60 full time Doctors and 500 employees. Disha caters eye-care to over 7 lakh patients and performs over 70,000 surgeries every year in all sub-specialties of Ophthalmology. |
Mediclaims should be settled by insurance co and not TPAs: HC.
The Bombay High Court today asked the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority to ensure that insurance companies did not involve Third Party Administrators (TPA) in the claim settlement.
The TPAs act as intermediaries between hospitals, insurers and consumers.
“IRDA shall inform insurers to implement (Health Insurance) Regulation 12 in letter and spirit to see that the decision for rejecting or allowing claims are taken by the companies and not the TPAs,” a division bench headed by Chief Justice Mohit Shah said on a PIL.
Gaurang Damani, the petitioner, has highlighted the problems faced by mediclaim policy holders and lack of transparency in claim settlement. He had argued that despite the regulation 12(b), the TPAs settle the claims. He also referred to IRDA’s affidavit admitting to lapses by four insurers and five TPAs.
The Association of TPAs admitted that some of its members may still be doing it and added that they were in the process of complying with the regulations.
The court asked IRDA to direct the insurance companies to strictly follow regulation 12(b).
The lawyer of General Insurance Council, which represents 25 non-life insurance companies, admitted that “this is a grey area which has to be looked into as there are cases where the TPAs have outsourced work. We want decision-making to be restricted only to insurance companies. It is a core activity which cannot be outsourced.”
Damani also argued that on account of stopping of cashless claims, the overall claim settlement ratio had come down. Data compiled by Insurance Information Bureau (IIB) showed that claims ratio had dropped from nearly 100 per cent to 68 per cent in 2012-13.
The court directed IIB to state the overall ratio of cashless versus non-cashless claims settled in 2013-14 and also average claim amount settled for a particular ailment between cashless and non-cashless for the same period on April 7, the next date of hearing.
The TPAs act as intermediaries between hospitals, insurers and consumers.
“IRDA shall inform insurers to implement (Health Insurance) Regulation 12 in letter and spirit to see that the decision for rejecting or allowing claims are taken by the companies and not the TPAs,” a division bench headed by Chief Justice Mohit Shah said on a PIL.
Gaurang Damani, the petitioner, has highlighted the problems faced by mediclaim policy holders and lack of transparency in claim settlement. He had argued that despite the regulation 12(b), the TPAs settle the claims. He also referred to IRDA’s affidavit admitting to lapses by four insurers and five TPAs.
The Association of TPAs admitted that some of its members may still be doing it and added that they were in the process of complying with the regulations.
The court asked IRDA to direct the insurance companies to strictly follow regulation 12(b).
The lawyer of General Insurance Council, which represents 25 non-life insurance companies, admitted that “this is a grey area which has to be looked into as there are cases where the TPAs have outsourced work. We want decision-making to be restricted only to insurance companies. It is a core activity which cannot be outsourced.”
Damani also argued that on account of stopping of cashless claims, the overall claim settlement ratio had come down. Data compiled by Insurance Information Bureau (IIB) showed that claims ratio had dropped from nearly 100 per cent to 68 per cent in 2012-13.
The court directed IIB to state the overall ratio of cashless versus non-cashless claims settled in 2013-14 and also average claim amount settled for a particular ailment between cashless and non-cashless for the same period on April 7, the next date of hearing.
Surgical Training in Bangalore
Dr. Rajesh Hospitals is offering Handson Training in FemtoSecond Laser Vision Correction.
Contact Person : Dr. Rajesh Babu : [email protected]
Modi Eye Hospital is offering one month Phaco Training Course.
Contact Person : Dr. G. Devprasad, [email protected]
Contact Person : Dr. Rajesh Babu : [email protected]
Modi Eye Hospital is offering one month Phaco Training Course.
Contact Person : Dr. G. Devprasad, [email protected]
BOSSUMMIT 2015 News
The Yearly Scientific Feast of BOS, BOSSUMMIT 2015 has been officially declared. BOSSUMMIT 2015 will be held at ITC Gardenia on the 21-22nd June 2015 - Sunday and Monday. Dr. Vidyashankar Kulkarni has been appointed as the Chief Organizing Secretary.
FBS AIOS Benefit Increases to Rs. 20 Lakh
Dr. Sambasiva Rao, President of the FBS AIOS has declared that the FBS AIOS Family Benefit has been enhanced to Rs. 20 lakhs with immediate effect.
IRDA Changes its Directive
In a major reversal of stand, IRDA has bowed to popular voice and made the following changes in its directives to various health insurers.
1. As per the IRDA Gazette all Eye Surgeries are categorised as 'Day Care Surgeries' without the need for overnight admission.
2. The word 'AND' is Clause 9(8) is replaced by the word ' OR'. The Clause now reads as follows
' A hospital means any institution established for in-patient care and day caretreatment of sickness and / or injuries and which has been registered as a hospital with the local authorities, wherever applicable, and is under the supervision of a registered and qualified medical practitioner OR must comply with all minimum criteria as under:
- has at least 10 inpatient beds, in those towns having a population o f less than 10,00,000 and 15 inpatient beds in all other places;
- has qualified nursing staff under its employment round the clock;
- has qualified medical practitioner (s) in charge round the clock;
- has a fully equipped operation theatre o f its own where surgical procedures are carried out
- maintains daily records o f patients and will make these accessible to the Insurance company’s authorized personnel. '
1. As per the IRDA Gazette all Eye Surgeries are categorised as 'Day Care Surgeries' without the need for overnight admission.
2. The word 'AND' is Clause 9(8) is replaced by the word ' OR'. The Clause now reads as follows
' A hospital means any institution established for in-patient care and day caretreatment of sickness and / or injuries and which has been registered as a hospital with the local authorities, wherever applicable, and is under the supervision of a registered and qualified medical practitioner OR must comply with all minimum criteria as under:
- has at least 10 inpatient beds, in those towns having a population o f less than 10,00,000 and 15 inpatient beds in all other places;
- has qualified nursing staff under its employment round the clock;
- has qualified medical practitioner (s) in charge round the clock;
- has a fully equipped operation theatre o f its own where surgical procedures are carried out
- maintains daily records o f patients and will make these accessible to the Insurance company’s authorized personnel. '
New IRDA Directive
IRDA has given fresh directives to all Medical Insurers and TPAs which includes a clause to include only Hospitals with more than 15 beds in cities with more than 10 lakh population and 10 beds in others. Please read the full Circular - Click here
FBS - AIOS Dues List
Family Benefit Scheme of AIOS has released the latest Dues Excess List. Click here for the List as updated till 01-07-2013
If you are not yet a member of this Excellent Scheme, for Details of the Scheme Click Here
For FBS-AIOS Application form - Click here.
If you are not yet a member of this Excellent Scheme, for Details of the Scheme Click Here
For FBS-AIOS Application form - Click here.
BOSSUMMIT 2012
The much awaited First Academic Meet of Bangalore Ophthalmic Society happened on Sunday, 24th June 2012 at the Nimhans Convention Centre. This was a welcome event satisfying the mid year academic hunger of the Ophthalmologists of Bangalore and Karnataka. About 350 Ophthalmologists from all the South Indian States attended the meeting.
The meet was Inaugurated by Chief of RP Centre, AIIMS Dr. Rajvardhan Azad and KOS President Dr. RamMohan Rao. It provided the much needed updates on various topics in Ophthalmology covering over 30 hours of academic deliberations. Lectures were delivered by National Faculty - Dr. Rajvardhan Azad, Dr. Prema Padmanabhan, Dr. Tanuj Dada, Dr. Nirmal Fredrick, Dr. Lalit Verma, Dr. Pradeep Sharma, Dr. Arup Chakraborthy, Dr. Ravindra Mohan and healthily interspersed with Panel Discussions on Current topics and Practice Patterns.
The Summit closed with promise of much more in the years to come.
The meet was Inaugurated by Chief of RP Centre, AIIMS Dr. Rajvardhan Azad and KOS President Dr. RamMohan Rao. It provided the much needed updates on various topics in Ophthalmology covering over 30 hours of academic deliberations. Lectures were delivered by National Faculty - Dr. Rajvardhan Azad, Dr. Prema Padmanabhan, Dr. Tanuj Dada, Dr. Nirmal Fredrick, Dr. Lalit Verma, Dr. Pradeep Sharma, Dr. Arup Chakraborthy, Dr. Ravindra Mohan and healthily interspersed with Panel Discussions on Current topics and Practice Patterns.
The Summit closed with promise of much more in the years to come.
BOS Medal Oration Award
Oration Award to Dr. Rajvardhan Azad
Bangalore Ophthalmic Society proudly presents its first Oration Award
Dr. Rajvardhan Azad, Chief of RP Centre of Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi and Advisor ( Ophthalmology) to the Ministry of Health, Government of India
1. Diabetic Retinopathy - Epidemiology, Prevention and Future plans
2. Role of BOS in National & International level
on the Ocassion of the Bossummit 2012, the Maiden Scientific Mega Meet of the Bangalore Ophthalmic Society
on the 24th June 2012, at Nimhans Convention Centre
Click here or on the Plaque for a magnified view of the Citation
Bangalore Ophthalmic Society proudly presents its first Oration Award
Dr. Rajvardhan Azad, Chief of RP Centre of Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi and Advisor ( Ophthalmology) to the Ministry of Health, Government of India
1. Diabetic Retinopathy - Epidemiology, Prevention and Future plans
2. Role of BOS in National & International level
on the Ocassion of the Bossummit 2012, the Maiden Scientific Mega Meet of the Bangalore Ophthalmic Society
on the 24th June 2012, at Nimhans Convention Centre
Click here or on the Plaque for a magnified view of the Citation
Glaucoma Walkathon 2012 - Freedom Park, Bangalore
BOS in association with World Glaucoma Association & Karnataka Ophthalmic society
organised Glaucoma Walkathon with all Major Hospitals of Bangalore on 11th of March 2012 to enhance the awareness of Glaucoma amongst General Public.
Kannada Cine Actors Shivaraj Kumar and Ragini Dwivedi flagged off the Walkathon .
BOS in association with World Glaucoma Association & Karnataka Ophthalmic society
organised Glaucoma Walkathon with all Major Hospitals of Bangalore on 11th of March 2012 to enhance the awareness of Glaucoma amongst General Public.
Kannada Cine Actors Shivaraj Kumar and Ragini Dwivedi flagged off the Walkathon .
Father of Cornea Transplantation in Karnataka
Prof. K. Subramanian
is no more. He left the material world on 03-03-2012. Witness to the great strides Ophthalmology has made in the last 6 decades, he pioneered Corneal Transplantation in Karnataka and was well ahead of his times. Habitual 'front bencher' he never missed any academic meeting. BOS prays for his Eternal Peace and Blessings on each one of us.
