National Health Authority convenes Day 1 of AB PM-JAY Auto-Adjudication Hackathon Showcase 2026; AI-driven innovations in claims adjudication take centre stage

• AB PM-JAY Auto-Adjudication Hackathon Showcase 2026 is a two-day national event (8–9 May 2026, IISc Bengaluru) jointly organised by MoHFW, NHA, IndiaAI Mission and IISc to crowdsource AI/ML solutions for claims adjudication under Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY.
• Signals India's pivot to AI-led governance in the world's largest publicly-funded health assurance scheme — relevant to GS-II (welfare schemes, governance) and GS-III (S&T, AI applications).
• India positioned as "among the first in the Global South to develop a Health AI benchmarking platform".