In India, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare mandated linking the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) beneficiary ID with the Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) ID with effect from April 1 onwards.
All the CGHS beneficiaries (Employees or Pensioners) are required to link their beneficiary IDs with ABHA IDs by 30th April 2024, and extended up to 30th June 2024 as per the CGHS directive.
The main aim of this service is to store the digital health records for CGHS beneficiaries, and this decision is made from Govt of India as mandatory. Here are the detail step by step process to register his/her ABHA ID and link it. In case, the beneficiary has already created an ABHA number, they can directly start from Point 12.
How Can I Link CGHS ID to ABHA ID
Linking your CGHS ID to your ABHA ID is easy, Just follow these simple steps
- Open the official webpage using https://cghs.nic.in
- Tap on Beneficiaries at Menu
- Select Beneficiary Login
- Provide your Beneficiary ID and password with captcha (reset password if not known)
- Get OTP on your registered mobile number.
- Move to Update Menu
- Tap on Create/Link ABHA ID
- Press on I don’t have ABHA Number
- Provide your Aadhaar number
- Select the Consent for all the Terms
- Click Send OTP and Enter OTP to Verify
- Find the status if details are matched and get a Printout copy
- After Getting ABHA ID, Enter the same to link with the consent
- Send OTP and Provide OTP again and Complete the process
Also Read: How to Transfer CGHS Card and CGHS Online Appointment
It is important to note that the Central Government Health Scheme was started in 1954 to provide comprehensive health care to central government employees, pensioners, and their dependent family members. At present, over 41+ lakh CGHS beneficiaries are covered by this CGHS scheme across India.
With this new initiative, all the health records of the CGHS beneficiary may digitalized and easy to process all the claims at any point. So, all the CGHS beneficiaries are requested to follow the above steps and complete the CGHS ID linking process with ABHA ID (Ayushman Bharat Health Account) on priority.