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PHILHEALTH AMONG LIST THAT TOPS RED TAPE-FREE AGENCIES
Wednesday 22nd of May 2013
MANILA, May 22 (PIA) -- The Civil Service Commission lauded the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation as one of the top leading agencies among a list of 449 government agencies that passed the CSC’s Anti-Red Tape Report Card Survey (RCS) for the year 2012.
Together with PhilHealth are the Department of Trade and Industry, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Social Security System, and Land Transportation Office leading the list of 50 other government offices obtaining an "excellent" rating, the highest in the scale with scores between 90 and 100.
CSC Chairman Francisco T. Duque III said that government agencies were rated based on their complia...
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27Apr2013CEBU CITY, April 27 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation's (PhilHealth) registered employers can now remit their premiums online through the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI). According to Philhealth, BPI offers internet financial services to its existing corporate clientele through ExpressLink. BPI is an accredited collecting agent of Philhealth so it accepts PhilHealth premiums of employees through the online facility. However, members are advised that BPI only accepts...
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23Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 23 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth) announced it will resume charges for late or non-remittance of monthly dues. The agency said the renewed imposition of interest was aimed to further enhance collection of premium contribution for actuarial sustainability of the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP). The re-imposition of interest charges for delayed payments, which was the subject of Philhealth Circular number 0004 s. 2013, will...
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23Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato Abril 23 (PIA) -- Naghimo ang Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) sa Rehiyon 12 sang pagpangusisa sa higayon nga ginabayaran nga madaya nga sahi sang pamaagi sa mga ginaduha-duhaan nga mga ospital kag mga duktor sa rehiyon. Si Ramon Aristoza, Jr., Philhealth’s Area IV vice president, nagsiling sa isa ka pamulong nga sa subong ginhimo nila ang pagpatuman sang mas madamo kag hugot nga mga pamaagi sa pagpangusisa kag pagbantay para mabuligan nga ...
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20Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 20 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) has defered the implementation of Individual Policy Contract (IPC) for individually paying members (IPMs). The deferment was contained in Philhealth Advisory number 03-04-2013, stating that “in recognition of the need for program enhancements, the Philhealth management has resolved to defer the issuance of the IPC for the Individually Paying Program.” But the same advisory, signed by A...
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17Apr2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, Apr 17 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth) has began re-imposing interest charges on employers for non-remittance and late remittance of premium contributions. Pursuant to PhilHealth Circular No. 0004 series of 2013, the country’s health insurance body revived on April 12 its policy on imposing a two-percent monthly interest charge on employers’ late premium payments. Irene P. Martinez, PhilHealth information officer in Ilocos, said the interest ch...
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17Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 17 (PIA)-- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) or Philhealth here has gathered multi-sectoral representatives and stakeholders to a forum where the agency presented its more stringent measures against fraudulent claims by some unscrupulous hospitals and doctors. The forum, held at the Sarangani Highlands Garden and Restaurant in General Santos City on April 11, was the third such multi-sectoral ga...
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17Apr2013ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, April 17 (PIA) -- The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), an accredited collecting agent (ACA) of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) for online collection through Express Link, accepts premium payments from the Employed Sector Members only. PhilHealth Advisory 03-02-2013 signed by Health Secretary Enrique T. Ona states that PhilHealth members, other than the employed sector, are advised to pay their premiums to the nearest PhilHealth offices or A...
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15Apr2013CEBU CITY, April 15 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has opened a PhilHealth Express in Ayala Center Cebu. The PhilHealth Express-Ayala is located on the fourth level of Ayala mall at the Services area and is open five times a week, Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The PhilHealth Express-Ayala can process applications for registration of individuals and establishments, correction or amendment of member data and requests for issuance of Member Dat...
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14Apr2013ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, April 14 (PIA) -- The PhilHealth Insurance Corp has issued an immediate and indefinite suspension order to BancNet from collecting premium contribution payments from the Employed Sector. Employers are advised to halt premium payments using the BancNet eGov facility. Likewise, enrolment to this facility by prospective employers must be put on hold until all technical problems are resolved. All PhilHealth regional offices and branches were instructed to guide em...
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27Mar2013MANILA, March 27 (PIA) -- Health Secretary Dr. Enrique T. Ona cited the need for Filipinos to be PhilHealth members during the recent Secretary’s Cup Debate Championship and Awarding Ceremonies held at the Century Park Hotel. In a statement, Ona pointed out what it means for a family to have a PhilHealth card to be able to avail of the benefits when the need arises, “to have the assurance that whenever they go to sleep and wake up everything will be all right as far as health is concerned....
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21Mar2013ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, March 21 (PIA) --The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) has finally been given the opportunity to interact with institutional health care providers and health care professionals as PhilHealth has now made it's zeal to deepen its relationship by creating a new team called PhilHealth Reach Out. Around 60 participants from the Philippine Hospitals Association of Iligan City and Lanao del Norte Chapter were the first to be given Reach Out orientation by P...
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21Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- The City Health Office (CHO) and the local government of Marikina issued Philippine Health Insurance (PhilHealth) cards to its constituents to ensure their health and well being. Marikina City Mayor Del de Guzman said under the program, the local government will distribute 3,000 government-sponsored PhilHealth cards which can be used when the owner or beneficiary is hospitalized. Each card will be usable for one year and can be renewed annually. “Being members...
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21Mar2013DAVAO CITY, Mar. 20 (PIA) -- PhilHealth-11 expects its members to make a beeline to their office beating the deadline of paying their premium this month. PhilHealth regional office is reminding all members under the Individually Paying program to remit their contribution for the first quarter of the year, covering January to March, before the deadline on March 27. In anticipation of the high volume of foot traffic, services will be extended on March 26 and 27, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Office o...
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20Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- Updated PhilHealth records, like the Member Data Record (MDR), are necessary for members to avail themselves of benefits from the National Health Insurance System (NHIS). PhilHealth-6 Chief Dr. Dennis Mas said this is especially important for patients seeking confinement in a PhilHealth-accredited health care provider. “All PhilHealth members must have with them their MDRs, making sure it is updated,” Mas said in a statement. Mas reiterated the polic...
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20Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 20 (PIA6) -- Updated PhilHealth records, like the Member Data Record (MDR) are necessary for members to immediately avail of benefits from the National Health Insurance System (NHIS). PhilHealth-6 Chief Dr. Dennis Mas said this is especially important for patients seeking confinement in a PhilHealth-accredited health care provider. “All PhilHealth members must have with them their MDRs, making sure it is updated,” Mas said in a statement. Mas reiterated the pol...
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08Mar2013KALIBO, Aklan, March 8 (PIA6) -- The province of Aklan is now totally covered by the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) with the release recently of the first cash grants to beneficiaries of Kalibo and Numancia, the last towns to be included in the program. 4Ps is a government intervention through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to help address poverty in the country by providing conditional cash grants to extremely poor households to improve their health, nutri...
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20Feb2013TUBOD, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 20 (PIA) -- More than 4,500 participants registered for PhilHealth’s first simultaneous nationwide run at the sprawling Mindanao Civic Center (MCC) sports complex last February 17. Dubbed as “PhilHealth-DOH Run 2013,” it was the biggest run ever hosted by Lanao del Norte LGU and broke all attendance record from previous fun run events hosted by the provincial government. The province is also recognized as the only plus site and the lone provincial host for th...
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19Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 19 (PIA) -- Around 10,000 sports and fun enthusiasts in Northern Mindanao participated in the first nationwide run, held for the protection of mother and children. The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) led the run dubbed “PhilHealth Run 2013: Nationwide Run for Mother and Child Protection,” last February 17 to mark its 18th anniversary. The fund-raiser was held simultaneously in more than 18 areas in the country, including Cagayan de Oro City and Tubo...
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18Feb2013TACLOBAN CITY, Feb. 18 (PIA) -- The supposed another fun-run was spiced with the presence of celebrities. The crowd of nearly 6,000 runners that assembled for the warm-up exercises at Balyuan amphitheater here before daylight yesterday shrieked and cheered as four members of the Philippine Azkals football team showed on stage. The four, namely, Misa Baladoran, Carlos de Morga, Patrick Bright, and Paolo Pascual did stretching onstage and later joined the early morning run in the 3-kilometer c...
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15Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAl, South Cotabato, Feb 15 (PIA) -- Sa layong mapalawak ang kanilang serbisyo, isang extension office ang binuksan ng Philhealh sa loob ng Ace Centerpoint sa Koronadal City. Inihayag ni Jerlyn Castañeda, pinuno ng membership section ng Philhealth 12, simula kaninang umaga nagbukas na ang kanilang extension office sa ikalawang palapag ng naturang tindahan. Subalit paliwanag ni Castañeda, sa ngayon, bawat Biyernes muna sila magbubukas ...
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15Feb2013SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, Feb 15 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) - Santiago City was accorded by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) with the Seal of Service Excellence Award with a rating of 94.7% for citizens satisfaction. The Service Excellence Award is a program of the CSC aimed at recognizing government agencies including government owned and controlled corporations which excelled in providing utmost service to the public. Joseph Reyes, PhilHealth-Santiago ...
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14Feb2013SAN JOSE, Antique, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- The LGU-sponsored members and National Household Targeting System (NHTS) covered families top the list of PhilHealth enrollees in Antique. Junie Sabusap, chief, PhilHealth Antique in an interview said that members sponsored by the local government units (both provincial and municipal governments) have summed up to 36,887 members while NHTS covered families totaled to 36,608. NHTS covered families are paid by the national government under ‘Kalusugan Pangk...
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14Feb2013BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Caraga Regional Director, Ariel I. Valencia signifies full support to the PhilHealth Run 2013 on February 17 in Butuan City. According to director Valencia, the Nationwide Run for Mother and Child Protection will not only raise funds to support programs and services for mother and child but will also foster physical fitness among Caraganons of all ages regardless of gender. In line with this, Februa...
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14Feb2013BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- The run, anchored on the theme “PhilHealth Run 2013: Nationwide Run for Mother and Child Protection,” will be held in 18 regional offices nationwide on Feb. 17. These are: Manila, Baguio, Dagupan, Tuguegarao, Clark, Malolos, Sta. Rosa, Batangas, Legazpi, Iloilo, Cebu, Tacloban, Zamboanga, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Koronadal, Butuan, and Marawi, said Johnny Sychua, PhilHealth-Caraga regional vice president. In time with the 18th anniversary celebration of the Phi...
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13Feb2013ILOILO CITY, Feb. 13 (PIA6) -- The PhilHealth in Western Visayas marks the observance of the National Health Insurance Month this February, with the inauguration of the office in a new location, at Gaisano Capital in Lapaz, this city. Dr. Dennis Mas, vice-president for Western Visayas said that this 18th celebration is anchored on the theme “Synergy for Universal Health Care." Mas said the celebration will spill-over until first week of March as with hospital visitation and outreach pro...
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13Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb. 13 (PIA) -- About 6,000 residents here will be joining the nationwide Philhealth Fun Run on Sunday intended to raise funds for mothers and children, an official of the agency announced today. Lorelie Bonilla, overall in-charge for the Philhealth Run in Region 12, confirmed that last week they already breached their 5,000-local quota for the number of runners. “Even the 600 additional slots we have reques...
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13Feb2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 13 (PIA) -- In preparation for the PhilHealth Run 2013 to be conducted on February 17 in Tacloban City, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation-Maasin City Branch has already registered at least 321 individuals, who will participate in the synchronized activity, branch head Henry Madula reported over local radio station here. The registrants were gathered from the local governments of the province, Madula said during a special program aired at station D...
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13Feb2013ILOILO CITY, Feb. 13 (PIA6) - - Not even some of the country's best private health companies over to cover coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) to their clientele. In this government, CABG is now included in the list of catastrophic cases covered by the “Z benefit” package of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation or PhilHealth. PhilHealth in Region 6 reported that aside from CABG, four more catastrophic illnesses that push patients to prolonged hospitalization and expensive me...
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08Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Peb. 8 (PIA) -- Ipatutupad na sa bansa ang Emergency Philhealth Scheme na unang ipinatupad ng pamahalaan ng South Cotabato. Inihayag ni Rudy Jimenea, executive assistant ni Gov. Arthur Pingoy Jr., na sa huling pagpupulong ng League of Provinces kung saan panauhing pandangal si DOH Secretary Enrique Ona, inihayag ng huli na palalawakin na simula ngayong taon ang inisyatibong sinimulan ng South Cotabato. Sa ilalim ng nat...
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08Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Peb. 8 (PIA) -- Aabot sa P86.98 milyon ang kinita ng South Cotabato Provincial Hospital (SCPH) nitong nakalipas na taon. Mas malaki ito ang P30.65 milyon sa kinita ng ospital noong 2011, ayon kay Dr. Conrado M. Braña, hepe ng naturang pagamutan. Paliwanag ni Dr. Braña, simula noong na-upgrade ang SCPH bilang 200-bed capacity tertiary hospital noong 2008, patuloy nang dumarami ang mga pasyenteng nagpapa-admit dito, dahi...
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08Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb. 8 (PIA) --The increasing number of Philhealth beneficiaries admitted to the South Cotabato Provincial Hospital (SCPH) has contributed to the upsurge in the government health facility’s increasing income, an official here confirmed. SCPH chief Dr. Conrado M. Braña, told members the media in a press conference Wednesday that last year they earned P77,123,933.78 from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) or Philhealth. ...
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07Feb2013ILOILO CITY, Feb. 7 (PIA6) -- A total of P3, 526,838,430.34 hospital claims of members and their dependents had been reimbursed by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation 6 (PhilHealth 6) in 2012. The 2012 reimbursement showed a relatively 10 percent increase from its paid claims in 2011 of only P3, 156,322,235.50, according to a report from PhilHealth 6. The Corporation also said that in 2012, it received an average of 1,677 daily claims while in 2011, it was 1,221. Meanwhile, PHIC Regi...
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05Feb2013LANAO DEL NORTE, Feb 5 (PIA) -- All is set for the province of Lanao del Norte to be a Plus Site or an additional race venue in this year’s nationwide running event on February 17 dubbed as PhilHealth Run 2013. The province has been affiliated as a PhilHealth Run Partner Organizer, authorized to conduct local running event with the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation better known as PhilHealth. So far, it is the only approved plus site by PhilHealth. With PhilHealth as the main organiz...
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05Feb2013By Recthie T. Paculba CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb 5 (PIA) -- Three thousand residents in barangay Macasandig, this city, received free social services after the conduct of People to People Program (PPP) led by Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente Emano on January 31, 2013. One of the highlights of the event was the mass wedding officiated by the mayor. About 16 couples who were living together for quite some time finally got the chance to tie the knot. PhilHealth ID cards were also distributed t...
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29Jan2013MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Jan 29 (PIA) -- It’s all systems go for the conduct of the PhilHealth Run 2013 here in the city. According to Dr. Sainuddin Moti, chairman of the PhilHealth Run 2013 here, the run will kick off on February 17 at Lanao People’s Park in Amai Pakpak Avenue. The event, dubbed as “PhilHealth Run 2013: Nationwide Run for Mother and Child Protection,” will be held simultaneously in more than 18 sites nationwide to mark PhilHealth’s 18th year anniversary. This r...
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26Jan2013SYUDAD SANG ROXAS, Capiz, Jan. 26 (PIA6) -- Nagpanawagan ang PhilHealth sa mga Capiceños para suportahan ang hilikuton sang amo nga ahensya para malab-ot sang pungsod ang handom sa paghatag sang maayo nga lawas para sa tanan ukon ang universal health care. Ginpahayag ni Capiz PhilHealth Information Officer Mary Jane Amigo nga kinahanglanon ang suporta sang tanan lakip na sang mga Capiceños para mahatag sang gobyerno sa mga pumoluyo ang dekalidad nga serbisyo sa ikaayong-lawas. Pa...
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25Jan2013ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Jan. 25 (PIA6) -- Capiz residents are urged to help the country in achieving the universal health care goals. Information Officer Mary Jane Amigo of the Capiz PhilHealth Service Office disclosed that the public is encouraged to take part in this year’s anniversary of their agency which is geared towards the attainment of providing with quality health services to all Filipinos. Universal Health Care, also referred to as Kalusugan Pangkalahatan, is the provision to every F...
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24Jan2013SURIGAO CITY, Enero 24 (PIA) -- Gipirmahan ni Pangulong Aquino niadtong Enero 18 ang Republic Act No. 10361 o usa ka Acta aron ipahamtang ang mga Polisiya alang sa Proteksyon ug Kaayuhan sa mga Katabang o Domestic Workers. Ang bag-ong balaodnon, o giila nga Kasambahay Bill gikatakdang makatabang sa mokabat duha ka milyon ka mga domestic helpers sulod sa nasod, matud ni Valte. Matud pa ni Valte nga ilang ibutang sa Palace website ang kopya sa maong balaodnon ug kini moepekto 15 ka adlaw human a...
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19Jan2013By Irene Joy B. Dayo CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 19 (PIA) – Gidapit sa Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) ang tanan nga musalmot sa ilang labing unang simultaneous nationwide run, karong umaabot nga February 17. Ang PhilHealth Run 2013 usa ka dagan nga pagahimuon sa kapin 18 ka dapit sa tibuok nasod, lakip na niini ang Cagayan de Oro City. Kini nga kalihukan gihimo alang sa paghatag ug bili sa pagpanalipud sa mga inahan ug mga bata. Tumong usab niining buluhaton ang unive...
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18Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan 18 (PIA) -- Rosito Barroso, married, with three dependents received his first Individual Policy Contract (IPC) from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) or Philhealth early this week. Barroso, a resident of Barangay Sta. Cruz in this city, was one of the 286 individually paying members (IPMs) who were issued their IPCs by the Philhealth 12 office here on Monday and Tuesday. Said contracts are va...
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18Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan 18 (PIA) -- Over 400 health workers in Region 112 attended an orientation and training on Universal Health Care Program (UHC). The activities were held through partnership among the regional offices of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) or Philhealth, Department of Health (DOH), and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Several gatherings in Kidapawan, Koronadal and General Santos City that ...
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17Jan2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 17 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is inviting everyone to join its first simultaneous nationwide run this coming February 17. The PhilHealth Run 2013, a national run for mother and child protection and universal health coverage, will be held in more than 18 sites across the country including Cagayan de Oro City. The event will have five race categories, namely kiddie, 3K, 5K, 10K and 18K. Registration fees range from P250 for the...
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16Jan2013CEBU CITY, Jan 16 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) deferred the premium increase which would have taken effect this year for the employed sector and some individually-paying members. Instead of implementing a monthly premium contribution of 3 percent of an employee’s basic monthly pay, PhilHealth retained the premium at 2.5 percent for 2013. However, the agency adjusted its contribution schedule’s lowest and highest salary base. PhilHealth raised the lo...
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15Jan2013ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, Jan 15 (PIA) -- The Philhealth office in Rizal encourages locals to join the agency’s Nationwide Run 2013 set on February 17, 2013. The nationwide run marks the agency’s 18th year anniversary since its establishment in 1995 through Republic Act 7875. Rolando Gonzales of the Philhealth Rizal Local Health Insurance Office (LHIO) said runners from the province will join other NCR participants in the fun run at the Quirino Grandstand, Luneta, Manila. The race is categor...
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14Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan 14 (PIA) -- The provincial government of South Cotabato is supporting Philhealth Run 2013 on February 17, as it bankrolls the registration of 200 provincial LGU employees who will join the fun run in Koronadal City. So announced Governor Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr. last week. Pingoy said he allotted P50,000 for the fun run because of the benefits from PhilHealth Run 2013: Nationwide Run for Mother and Child Protection. Pingoy was amon...
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12Jan2013SAN JOSE, Antique, Enero 12 (PIA6) -- Ang kontribusyon sa Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) iga pasaka kadya nga bulan. Ang mga wara naga-obra sa gobyerno magabayad ron kang kontribusyon nga P150 halin sa P100. Ang naga empleo tana sa gobyerno kag naga sueldo kang P8,000 panaog magabayad ron kang P87.50 kada bulan imbes nga P50. kada bulan. Sa naga sueldo kang P8,001 asta P34,999, ang grado kang kontribusyon naga pabilin gihapon sa 1.25% kang andang sueldo. Sa naga sueldo P35,000...
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11Jan2013DAVAO CITY, Jan. 11 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) is set to hold a run race on February 17 this year, aiming to generate funds for mother and child protection efforts. Philhealth Regional Vice President Dennis Adre said the Philhealth Run 2013 targets at least 108,000 runners in 18 sites nationwide. In Davao City, the assembly area is at SM City Ecoland to start at 5:30 am, and to end up at Crocodile Farm as the longest distance under category 18-kilometer ...
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09Jan2013NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Jan. 9 (PIA6) - - More than 9,700 indigent families from 27 barangays of Talisay City received PhilHealth cards from the city government as part of its “PhilHealth para sa Masa” program. The PhilHealth card distribution in the different barangays was led by City Mayor Eric Saratan, a doctor, and other city officials. According to Saratan, the program is one of the efforts of the city to help ease the expenses of poor families in times of illness especially during emerg...
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08Jan2013MANILA, Jan 8 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, together with the Philippine Medical Association, conducted the first ever 'ReachOut' Forum at the PMA Auditorium in Quezon City. The officers of the different specialty and regional societies were present with a total of 170 physicians attending the event. The dialogue aimed to thresh out issues regarding unreleased cheques, poor communication between PhilHealth and healthcare professionals, and circulars that were difficult t...
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04Jan2013MANILA, Jan. 4 (PIA) -- Starting this year, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation will release specification for a personally-controlled health record (PCHR) that will allow the sponsored members to manage their own health information. In a statement, PhilHealth said this shift in health data management is expected to create a refocus on the patient as the center of care and likewise stimulate a whole new business sector on health data stewardship. A personally-controlled health recor...
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03Jan2013CEBU CITY, Jan. 3 (PIA) -- Ang PhilHealth nipatin-aw nga ang tanan nga mga agalon gimanduan sa pag sumiter sa ilang binuwan nga remittance report (RF-1) gamit ang Electronic Premium Reporting System (EPRS). Pinaagi sa Circular No. 25-2012 and 45-2012, ang EPRS usa ka aplikasyon pinaagi sa internet ug gidesenyo alang sa hamugaway nga preparasyon ug pagsumiter sa RF-1 diin bag-ohay lang nga gipausbaw ngadto sa EPRS Version 2.1 sukad niadtong Oktubre sa miaging tuig. Sumala pa sa buhatan sa Phil...
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02Jan2013GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Jan 2 (PIA) -- Now the senior population of this place will not worry where to turn to when in need of medical attention. Three thousand senior citizens in Malungon, Sarangani have received their PhiliHealth cards just before 2012 ended, a local heath official said. Municipal Health Officer Dr. Rafaida Hernandez said the distribution was screened to qualified senior citizens in the area. “The distribution of PhilHealth cards to senior citizens was started during our No...
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02Jan2013MANILA, Jan. 2 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation and the Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation (GK) recently formalized a joint undertaking for the benefit of the non-poor informal sector grantees of GK. The partnership, which is enshrined in a memorandum of agreement signed by said agencies, aims to further strengthen the Aquino Health Agenda of Universal Health Care or Kalusugang Pangkalahatan. The agreement calls for the enrollment and sustained coverage of GK vi...
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30Dec2012CEBU CITY, Dec. 30 (PIA) -- The Collection Section of PhilHealth Regional Office-7 enjoins employers who have not yet adopted the Electronic Premium Reporting System (EPRS) in submitting their monthly remittance reports (RF-1) to attend the orientations set in 2013. In a telephone interview with the Philippine Information Agency-Cebu, PhilHealth Collection Section staff Ronillie Vidad said the orientations on EPRS are set on January 11, 18, 25, 30; February 1, 8, 22, 28; March 8,15, and 22 at ...
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30Dec2012CEBU CITY, Dec. 30 (PIA) -- PhilHealth emphasizes that all employers are mandated to submit their monthly remittance reports (RF-1) using the Electronic Premium Reporting System (EPRS). Through Circular No. 25-2012 and 45-2012, EPRS is a web-based application designed for a more convenient preparation and submission of the RF-1, which has been recently enhanced into EPRS Version 2.1 effective October 2012. According to PhilHealth-7 the new version has added features such as the Preliminary Emp...
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28Dec2012ILOILO CITY, Dec. 28 (PIA6) -- The regional office of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation for Region 6 here announced on Wednesday that it will move to a new location in January. The new PhilHealth 6 office will be at Gaisano City Mall in Lapaz District. As part of its preparation for the transfer, some of the operational units of PhilHealth 6 will be vacating their present office at J. De Leon Street before the month ends. PhilHealth 6 Regional Vice President Dennis ...
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28Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec 28 (PIA) -- A total of 460 Philhealth Employers’ Engagement Representatives (PEERs) across Soccsksargen region recently gathered in summits simultaneously held in five locations. Dr. Miriam Grace G. Pamonag, chief of the Field Operations Division of PhilHealth 12 said the summits were held to strengthen engagements with employers. PEERs are personnel of companies and establishments directly involved in the implementation o...
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26Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec 26 (PIA) -- Self-employed and voluntary members of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) or PhilHealth won’t be paying the annual P2,400 premium scheduled for implementation on January 1, 2013. Instead, each member will only be contributing P1,800 premium for the entire year. According to a notice from the office of Ramon Aristoza, PhilHealth vice president, the partial deferment was mandated in PhilHealth Circular No. 57, seri...
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16Dec2012ILOILO CITY, Dec. 16 (PIA6) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Regional Office 6 will formally launch its third PhilHealth Express in the region in the municipality of Guimbal, Iloilo on December 17. PhilHealth Express in Guimbal will also be the first outside the malls in the region since the two others are located in Robinson Bacolod and Iloilo which are now in full-swing operations from Monday to Saturday during mall hours. The setting up of PhilHealth Express i...
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07Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec. 7 (PIA) -- More indigent families in Makilala town in North Cotabato received Philhealth cards from the Municipal Health Services Office. A statement from the local government unit said that about 800 indigent residents already received their health cards as a result of the collaborative efforts of the LGU and the Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth) here. Distribution of the cards started last month. LGU-Makilala is targeting to give out ...
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06Dec2012ISLAND GARDEN CITY OF SAMAL, Davao del Norte, Dec. 6 -- Philhealth XI conducted its third course of Philhealth Mobile Orientation, Validation and Enrolment Scheme (MOVES) in the Island Garden City of Samal last November 28, at the Peñaplata Gym. The event also saw the turn-over of the Per Family Payment Rate (PFPR) to the Local Government, amounting to P1,861,250, to fund the purchase of medicines, supplies and improve local health care facilities. More than a thousand residents arrived at th...
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30Nov2012KALIBO, Aklan, Nob. 30 (PIA6) -- Indi eon mag-aeang-aeang ro mga nagapangalisod nga mga Kalibonhon nga magpa-ospital kon may nabatyag pero owa it kwarta ay may nabuytan eon sanda nga card it PhilHealth sa idaeum it National Household Targeting System Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR). Sa ginhiwat nga pagpanupod kurundaya eamang sa Provincial Trade Hall it Capitol Grounds, 2,382 nga mga miyembro ro nagbaton ku mga cards ngara nga naghalin sa 16 nga mga kabarangayan it Kalibo. Paagi sa mga card ng...
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30Nov2012KALIBO, Aklan, Nov. 30 (PIA6) -- Kalibo’s less-privileged constituents are expected to no longer avoid going to hospitals when sick but short of cash with the distribution recently of their much-awaited Philhealth Identification Cards under the National Household Targeting System – Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) program. During the distribution held at the Provincial Trade Hall, Provincial Capitol Grounds here, 2,382 NHTS-PR members from Kalibo’s 16 barangays received their Philhealth card...
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28Nov2012MANILA, Nov. 28 (PIA) -- PhilHealth has actively corroborated with this year’s National PR Students Grand Prix Competition held on November 17 to 18 at the University of Sto. Tomas in Manila. In a statement, PhilHealth said that it has supported the event in order to learn as well as tap fresh ideas and approaches for its continuing campaign on Universal Health Care. With the theme, "Youth on Social Media: Creating a Generation of Game Changers", PhilHealth President and CEO thanked the Pu...
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26Nov2012PhilHealth assures benefits of affected OFWs in Riyadh MANILA, Nov. 26 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has announced that the affected Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the recent accident in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia are assured of their health benefits. A total of 11 Filipinos were injured including one casualty has been reported when an oil tanker crashed into a freeway flyover triggering an explosion. In a statement, PhilHealth President and CEO Dr. Eduardo ...
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20Nov2012ILOILO CITY, Nov. 20 (PIA6) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation is eyeing to establish six (6) more “PhilHealth Express” offices in Western Visayas to make its services more accessible, convenient and within reach of the residents in this region. This was learned from PhilHealth 6 Regional Vice President for Western Visayas Dr. Dennis S. Mas during the launching of the newest “PhilHealth Express” in the region located at the second floor of Robinson’s Place Iloilo City o...
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16Nov2012DAGUPAN CITY, Nov. 16 -- The western towns of Anda and Bolinao received from the Pangasinan provincial government sets of information and tourism kiosks and several PhilHealth cards in a distribution, dubbed as ‘double treat,’ conducted yesterday. The kiosk is composed of a 42-inch LCD TV and a computer set wherein local residents can record videos about their town to promote its culture and tourism. The kiosks will be displayed in the municipal halls or in tourism offices for access by vi...
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15Nov2012MANILA, Nov 15 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has clarified on September 2012, diverted premium payments as reported by Commission on Audit (COA) had been recovered by PhilHealth. In a statement posted on its website, PhilHealth said that the premiums were diverted prior to being received by the agency but were made to appear electronically to had been received by the state-run health insurance agency. For his part, PhilHealth President and CEO Eduardo P. Ba...
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07Nov2012DIPOLOG CITY, Nov. 7 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation recently launched the Philhealth MOVES in Dipolog City in line with the universal health care program of the Aquino Administration. Mobile Orientation, Validation and Enrollment Scheme or MOVES aims to inform, guide and empowers Philhealth members, particularly the Sponsored Program members identified through National Household Targeting System of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The launching of ...
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07Nov2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Nov. 7 -- The Provincial Capitol will begin distributing Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) cards to beneficiaries in the province starting on November 13 this year. The Capitol has allocated P306 million in order to enrol 170,000 individuals to Philhealth on top of the 47,000 members of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) who are also entitled to Philhealth coverage. The 4Ps is a project of the national government while the premium for the 17...
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06Nov2012MANDALUYONG CITY, Nov 6 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Department of Health (DOH) have formalized their partnership to provide and secure health care for the poor in a joint order signing event for the "Philhealth para sa Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program" at the EDSA Shangri-la Hotel held earlier today. The event, which was also the launching of the new 5Ps program, was attended by PhilHealth ...
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06Nov2012MANDALUYONG, Nov 6 (PIA) - - The poorest of the poor are now assured of healthcare benefits at any accredited hospitals in the country. This is through the partnership between Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) which is being formalized today, November 6 at the Shangrila Plaza in Mandaluyong City. The partnership calls for the provision of health care for more than five million households identified as poor based on the ...
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06Nov2012BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occ., Nov 6 (PIA6) -- Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) members in Negros Occidental can now enjoy extended hours of service inside the comfort of a mall as the agency recently opened a PhilHealth Express office at the 3rd Level of the Robinson’s Place Bacolod. Negros Occ. PhilHealth Chief Vicel Bracamonte said the move will provide immediate service to members, ease clogging of clients at the main office and give longer hours of service as the mall o...
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30Oct2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Oct. 30 (PIA) -- Officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) here urged employers in Soccsksargen Region to make use of their Electronic Premium Reporting System (EPRS). In line with the EPRS’s mandatory implementation beginning this month per Circular 45, s-2012, Philhealth 12 recently conducted a series of orientation briefing with government and private-sector employers for the immediate installation of the program. E...
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29Oct2012MANILA, Oct. 29 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has hosted a five-day study visit of senior officials from the United Republic of Tanzania who have expressed interest to learn from the experiences of the Philippines insofar as implementing social health insurance is concerned. In a statement, PhilHealth said the seven-man delegation was headed by Dr. Faustine E. Ndungulile, vice chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Social Services and consists of Pauline ...
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23Oct2012MANILA, Oct 23 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is adopting the Logical Observations, Identifiers, Names and Codes (LOINC) for use in its electronic claims (eClaims) system. In his advisory to members, PhilHealth President and CEO Eduardo P. Banzon explained that LOINC is produced and managed by the Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana and is used for consistently coding common clinical and laboratory events that occur in the healthcare setting. Banzon...
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23Oct2012SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna, Oct. 23 (PIA) --Philhealth 4-A has conducted a media launch in the Calabarzon area for its first ever nationwide running event set February 17, next year at Uncle Cheffy, Nuvali in Santa Rosa City last October 17. The event dubbed “Philhealth Run 2013: Nationwide Run for Mother and Child Protection” aims to continuously draw national attention and support to its mission of providing all Filipinos with access to quality health care through social health insurance. ...
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22Oct2012MANILA, Oct 22 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has launched its first ever nationwide running event for February 17, 2013 to mark its 18th year of providing social health insurance to its members. Dubbed "PhilHealth Run 2013: Nationwide Run for Mother and Child Protection" the event aims to continuously draw national attention and support to its mission of providing all Filipinos with access to quality health care. The event is open to all abled bodies runners...
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19Oct2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Oct. 19 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation in Region 10 is tapping the support of media in promoting PhilHealth’s first-ever simultaneous nationwide running event on February 17, 2013. During the media launch of the event, PhilHealth-10’s Management Services Division Head Maria Rhodella S. Pare underscored the important role of the media in propagating information and is hoping that members of the media can extend support in popularizing the upcoming r...
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19Oct2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Oct. 19 (PIA) --Following the overwhelming success of its Mindanao-wide, six-location “Mindanao Run for Hope,” early this year, Philhealth is expanding its advocacy run in 2013, which will be staged in 18 cities across the country. Philhealth Regional Vice President Ramon Aristoza Jr., at the launching of 2013 Philhealth Run here on Wednesday, announced the national recipient of the event’s proceeds will be the Philippine Children...
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19Oct2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Oct 19 (PIA) -- Underprivileged children housed in a government-facility are the lucky beneficiaries of PhilHealth Run 2013, a social welfare official said. At the launching on Wednesday of the 2013 simultaneous nationwide running event, the Reception and Study Center for Children (RSCC), a facility under the Department of Social Welfare and Development 12 (DSWD) was named PhilHealth Run 2013 local beneficiary for the SOCCSKSARGEN Region. DSWD 12 protective ser...
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19Oct2012MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, Oct 19 (PIA) -- Members of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth) can now avail of new health care benefits as it launched recently the Primary Care Benefits (PCB) package dubbed PhilHealth Moves (Mobile Orientation, Validation and Enrolment Scheme). Romulo M. Lapuz Jr, PhilHealth Bukidnon service office chief, said this is a new set of enhanced package benefits that entitles members to basic quality medical and health services through accredited public hea...
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18Oct2012BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 18 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health (PhilHealth) Insurance Corporation will hold a nationwide fun run on February 17, 2013 to mark its 18th year of establishment. Dubbed "PhilHealth Run 2013: Nationwide Run for Mother & Child Protection," the event aims to continuously draw national attention and support to its mission of providing all Filipinos with access to quality health care through social health insurance. It will be held simultaneously in the 18 areas namely: Manila, Ba...
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18Oct2012DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan, Oct 18 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) today unveiled its logo for the PhilHealth Run 2013 at the City Deluxe Restaurant here, signifying the launching of the fun run that will be held next year. The activity is a fund-raising project intended to increase insurance funds, specifically for the benefit of the Kanlungan Center Foundation, which caters to the needs of overseas Filipino workers. Rose Bayan, coordinator for the foundation, ...
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18Oct2012BATANGAS CITY, Okt 18 (PIA) -- Nakatakdang ilunsad ng Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) ang pinakaunang nationwide run sa darating na Pebrero 17, 2013 alinsabay ng ika-18 taong pagkakatatag ng ahensya. Ang naturang programa na tinawag na "Philhealth Run 2013, nationwide run for mother and child protection" ay layong magbigay ng kabatiran sa mga mamamayan ukol sa serbisyo at benepisyong ipinagkakaloob ng Philheath sa mga miyembro nito. Ito din ay isang paraan upang maipaalam ...
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18Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct. 18 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has advised its members that hospital confinements due to Chikungunya and Novel Corona virus 2012 are covered by the health insurance agency. Chikungunya is a viral disease caused by mosquito with symptoms very similar to that, but not as deadly as to its more notorious cousin dengue, while the Novel Corona virus 2012 is believed to be a new type of corona virus which causes severe respiratory illness. In hi...
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17Oct2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Oct 17 (PIA) -- Following the overwhelming success of the 1st Koronadal City-leg PhilHealth Run 2012, a PhilHealth official said they are gunning for the Guinness Records as the PhilHealth Run 2013 is officially launched here today. In colorful ceremonies attended by partners, local media and other stakeholders, Regional Vice President for PhilHealth 12 Ramon F. Aristoza, Jr. led this morning, the unveiling of the PhilHealth Run 2013 logo at EMR Center, this city...
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16Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct. 16 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corp recently joined the 2012 Kabisig National Government Expo at the Events Center of SM Fairview. With this year's theme, "Kapit-bisig sa Matuwid na Daan: Gabay sa Kaunlaran," the expo is a one-stop information exhibit, a good venue for the people to avail the services of the participating government agencies. It was participated by 24 different government agencies which showcased their services and products to the event visitors....
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16Oct2012BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 16 (PIA) – The Philippine Health (PhilHealth) Insurance Corporation will be celebrating its 18th year of dedicated service on February 2013 with its vision “Bawat Pilipino Miyembro, Bawat Miyembro Protektado, Kalusugan Natin Segurado.” PhilHealth Caraga Regional Vice President Johnny Sychua said that as part of its month-long anniversary celebration, PhilHealth will hold a nationwide simultaneous run dubbed “PhilHealth Run 2013: Run for Mother and Child Protection.” ...
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15Oct2012MANILA, Oct. 15 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has partnered with the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to provide better frontline services to the Filipino people through its "Contact Center ng Bayan" or CCB program. The CSC has launched the CCB program to be the Philippine government’s main help desk where general information on the policies and procedures of participating agencies will be provided. With this, PhilHealth joins four other government partner a...
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12Oct2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Okt. 12 (PIA) -- Aabot sa mahigit 8,300 na mga Philhealth cards and nakatakdang ipamahagi ng Philheath 12 sa mahihirap na benepisyaryo bukas, Oktubre 13, sa limang lungsod sa Soccsksargen Region. Ang mga PVC-type Philhealth cards ay bahagi ng mahigit 290,000 na nakatakdang ipagkaloob ng Philhealth sa mga DOH-sponsored beneficiaries na kinilala sa pamamagitan ng National Household Targeting Survey for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR). ...
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12Oct2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Oct 12 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth) 12 based here will hold on Saturday (Oct 13) simultaneous Mobile Orientation, Validation and Enrolment Scheme (MOVES) activities in five locations across the Soccsksargen Region in line with its advocacy to provide universal health care. The event, according to the activity briefer is a means for Philhealth to bring the services closer to its members since those in...
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10Oct2012CEBU CITY, October 10 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) in Region 7 organized a day of leisure and fun on October 5 for beneficiaries of its Coalition of Services for the Elderly (COSE) at the conference hall of the Redemptorist Parish Church, Cebu City. The event is in celebration of the Elderly Filipino Week done every first week of October. COSE is a non-government organization that works with poor older persons in urban and rural areas in the Philippines. ...
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10Oct2012LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS, Bulacan, Okt 10 (PIA) -- Mahigit sa 2,000 benepisaryo mula sa 51 barangay sa lungsod ang tumanggap ng PhilHealth card sa isinagawang pamamahagi sa Malolos City Sports and Convention Center kamakailan. Pinangunahan ni Bulacan Governor Wilhelmino Sy Alvarado at Malolos City Christian Natividad ang pamamahagi ng 2,778 PhilHealth cards sa mga mahihirap na pamilya at kasapi ng Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program o 4Ps upang maseguro ang maayos na pangangalaga sa kalusugan. Sabi ni...
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10Oct2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Oct 10 (PIA) -- A total of 3,823 indigent residents from the 18 barangays of the city had received their Philhealth Cards. These Philhealth Cards were distributed during the conduct of Barangay Nova, a medical-dental outreach program, along with the services of the different government agencies sponsored by the city government. The Barangay Nova project is aimed at giving the residents access to government services, thereby bringing the government closer to the...
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09Oct2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Oct. 9 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) in Region 10 has brought its services closer to its members in the towns of Claveria, Jasaan, Villanueva and Tagoloan (CLAJAVITA) Interlocal Health Zone. This was made possible through the conduct of the PhilHealth MOVES (Mobile, Orientation, Validation and Enrolment Scheme) at the Covered Court of Tagoloan in Misamis Oriental, October 8. The PhilHealth MOVES is the latest strategy of the PhilHealth t...
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04Oct2012COTABATO CITY, Oct. 4 (PIA) -- Scholars, elderly and farmers cooperative in Maguindanao province have received livelihood assistance from the provincial government. Maguindanao Governor Esmael “Toto” Mangundadatu on October 2 handed over 3,000 rubber tree seedlings, ten bags of high yield corn seeds and sweet corn, ten bags of sulphate and two heads of farm carabao to some 500 scholars mostly Maguindanaon and Teduray, of Upi Agricultural School, Upi, Maguindanao. The scholarship pro...
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04Oct2012CEBU CITY, Oct 4 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) deferred the increase in premiums of individually paying members from October 1, 2012 to January 1, 2013. PhilHealth earlier announced the increase in premium of its individually paying members whose average monthly income is P25,000 and below from P300 to P600 per quarter was set to increase yesterday, October 1. However, after further consultations with the informal sector groups, concerned national governmen...
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04Oct2012CEBU CITY, Oct 4 (PIA) -- Seven barangays in the provinces of Cebu and Negros Oriental enrolled 1,481 poor constituents in Philippine Health Insurance (PhilHealth)’s Sponsored Program. The three sponsoring barangays are in Cebu City, one in Consolacion, Cebu, and three in Tayasan, Negros Oriental. In Cebu City, Barangay Capitol Site enrolled 800 poor families, while barangays Apas and Lorega San Miguel each sponsored 165 members and Consolacion’s Barangay Pulpogan sponsored the premium of...
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01Oct2012TAGUM CITY, Oct. 1 (PIA) -- The province of Davao del Norte aims to enhance its local autonomy and self-reliance through economic enterprise and the generation of sustainable local revenue. “This can become possible with the creation of the Provincial Economic Enterprise Development Office (PEEDO),” PEEDO Department Head Ma. Eliza L. Andin said during the Monday Convocation held at the Bulwagan ng Lalawigan in Davao del Norte. Andin said the province is highly dependent on the IRA or Inter...
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01Oct2012ILOILO CITY, Oct. 1 (PIA6) – The German International Cooperation (GIZ) and the National Confederation of Cooperatives (Natcco) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to pay PhilHealth premiums of low income members of the co-op in Iloilo. These members, according to Philhealth-6, belong to the iGroup Package for Organized Group, now being implemented with the Natcco, whose membership is more or less 1.6 million coming from different coop federations. Philhealth Regional Vice Preside...
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26Sep2012QUEZON CITY, Sept 26 (PIA) -- Several government agencies will be launching the program dubbed, "Contact Center ng Bayan (CBB)," Thursday, at the Civil Service Commission central office. CBB is a mechanism which provides the public direct access channel for airing their complaints, concerns, feedback, and recommendations to government agencies. CBB serves as a one loop access to six participating agencies – Bureau of Internal Revenue, Civil Service Commission, Department of Health, Departme...
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26Sep2012CEBU CITY, Sept 25 (PIA) -- Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is reminding individual-paying members of the deadline for their premium payments covering the third quarter of this year. Quarterly premium payments of individual-paying members are due every last day of the calendar quarter, for the July to September period, the deadline of payment is September 30. If the 30th of September falls on a weekend or a holiday, payments at PhilHealth offices must be made on or before ...
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22Sep2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Sept 22 (PIA) -- General Santos City’s Barangay Bula recently received P8.5 million from Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth) for its rural health unit (RHU). Philhealth President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Eduardo Banzon handed the check to Bula Chairman Eduardo Vargas and Gensan Mayor Darlene Custudio during the First City Health Congress at the Phela Grande Convention Center, General Santos City on Wednesday. The che...
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18Sep2012MANILA, Sept 18 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has launched PhilHealth Express sites at Robinson's Land Corporation Malls in Metro East, Otis and at SM Sucat Hypermart in addition to the existing eight PhilHealth Express in key areas of Robinson’s at Ortigas, Manila, Novaliches Market, Dasmariñas Cavite, Starmills Pampanga, Luisita, Tarlac, Tacloban, Leyte and Sta. Rosa, Laguna. In a statement, PhilHealth said the launching ceremony was led by PhilHealth Pr...
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07Sep2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, Sept 7 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) here will implement the premium rate adjustments beginning October 1, after it was postponed in July 2012. Joseph Reyes, head of PhilHealth-Santiago City, said the agency will already be collecting the premium adjustments from its members in the entire country without anymore postponement this coming October. Reyes said PhilHealth will be collecting P200 monthly premium rate from the previous P100 ...
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06Sep2012SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna, Sept 6 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth 4A) launched yesterday a new set of enhanced benefits through the Primary Care Benefits I (PCB I) Package at the Santa Rosa city hall. The package is designed to improve financial risk protection for its members. Officials and personnel of PhilHealth 4A led by Senior Vice President Ernesto V. Beltran and Vice President Alberto C. Manduriao, Eloisa B. Tagbo, Philhealth-Calamba local health insurance of...
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23Aug2012SYUDAD SANG ILOILO, Agosto 23 (PIA6) - - Ang Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) nagpaguwa sang total nga P81,694,000 milyon para sa Per Family Payment Rate sang mga sponsored member sini sa idalum sang National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction sa Kabisayaan Nakatungdan para sa nahauna nga duha ka quarter sang sini nga tuig. Ginpaguwa sang PhilHealth ang kantidad sa mga lokal nga panguluhan sa rehiyon sa diin ang mga entitled nga katapu ang nalista. Si Owen S...
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22Aug2012MANILA, Aug. 22 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is offering a 60 discount on the pneumococcal vaccine to its members and their dependents aged 60 and above. In a statement, PhilHealth said this benefit may be availed in PhilHealth-accredited hospitals designated as Vaccine Access Points (VAP). The pneumonia vaccination program, dubbed "60+ na ako at OKs ang bakuna ko laban sa pulmonya (I'm 60 and up and my pneumonia shot is OK)," is in partnership with global ...
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22Aug2012BORONGAN CITY, EASTERN SAMAR, August 22(PIA) -- Philhealth President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Eduardo P. Banzon, is set to visit this city on August 24 said Ms. Josephine Mosquisa, Philhealth Provincial Chief. Mosquisa said Dr. Banzon will be gracing the launching of a health package dubbed “Primary Care Benefit-Phase 1 (PCBI) at the lobby of the city hall of Borongan. She added that Dr. Banzon will be joined by some Board of Directors and key personnel of PhilHealth Central O...
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17Aug2012KORONADAL CITY, August 17 (PIA) -- PhilHealth-12 and the city government of General Santos have intensified their campaign against health care fraud by distributing member data records (MDRs) with the family picture of sponsored program members and their qualified dependents. At a recent MDR distribution attended by General Santos Local Health Insurance Office head Nol Valila and City Social Welfare and Development Officer Rebecca V. Magante, 712 sponsored program members listed under the Na...
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06Aug2012MANILA, Aug. 6 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) today opened its newest express satellite desk in a mall in Pasig City. In a website post, the health and insurance agency said it has put up its PhilHealth Express at Robinsons Metro East Mall along Marcos Highway, Barangay Dela Paz in Santolan in order to extend its service and give membership opportunities to urban residents. “Part of my moves is to push a PhilHealth Express so that it will bring convenience ...
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02Aug2012SOLANO, Nueva Vizcaya, Aug 2 (PIA) -- A regional executive of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has praised the local government unit (LGU)-run hospital for its development initiatives and improvements. Oscar Abadu, PhilHealth regional vice president said the Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Hospital (NVPH) located in Barangay Almaguer North here has been a model PhilHealth facility because of its good dynamism and rapport with the people, particularly its management of PhilHeal...
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01Aug2012MANILA, Aug 1 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and the Cooperative Union of the Philippines recently signed into an agreement to enrol 500,000 new Individually Paying members to the program. The signing ceremony was led by PhilHealth President and CEO Dr. Eduardo P. Banzon and Felix Borja, engineer and secretary general of the Cooperative Union of the Philippines, a statement posted on its website said (philhealth.gov.ph). Under the MOA, the Cooperative Union ...
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30Jul2012CEBU CITY, July 30 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has moved the implementation of the increase in premium rate for individually paying members (IPM) from July to October this year. PhilHealth announced late last year that its IPM premium will increase from P1,200 per year to P2,400. However, to provide more opportunity for consultation with different sectors and to give members additional time to prepare for the increase, PhilHealth deferred the July 1 increas...
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26Jul2012BATANGAS CITY, Hulyo 26 (PIA) -- Upang maipatupad ang kalusugang pangkalahatan, inilunsad ng PhilHealth-4A ang Z benefit program sa outpatient department ng Batangas Regional Hospital (BRH) sa lungsod na ito ngayong araw. Ang Z benefit ay isang programa ng PhilHealth kung saan sasagutin nito ang gastos sa apat na klase ng matitinding sakit tulad ng breast cancer, prostate cancer, childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia, at kidney transplant. Ayon kay Dr. Maria Josefina Gool ng PhilHealth-4B, ang ...
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25Jul2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, July 25 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation Region 1 (PhilHealth 1) assured its members of better and faster services as it moves forward with universal health care, PhilHealth Region 1 Public Relations Officer Irene Martinez said. With a payout amount of P1.1 billion benefits to 35,995 claims received as of June 2012, PhilHealth Region 1 is expanding its program by providing health insurance coverage to its members. PhilHealth 1 also improved its ...
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25Jul2012CEBU CITY, July 24 (PIA) --- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) in Region 7 has officially launched the new Z benefit package for members suffering from breast cancer, acute lymphocytic leukemia for children, prostate cancer and kidney transplant at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) in Cebu City on July 6, 2012. Philhealth-7 Public Affairs Head Atty. Karisma Agraviador disclosed this during the Association of Government Information Officers (AGIO) Forum hel...
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24Jul2012ILOILO CITY, July 24 (PIA) -- A total of 914,310 poor households in Western Visayas are now listed under the sponsored program of the Philippine Health Insurance (PhilHealth) Corporation. Qualified for the sponsored program are indigent Filipinos who belong to the lowest 25 percent of the country’s population and those listed in the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Under the program, the premium of each...
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21Jul2012DAGUPAN CITY, July 21 (PIA) -- The renaming of "Charity Ward" in public hospitals to "PhilHealth Ward" is just a change in name, PhilHealth said. Daniel de Leon, PhilHealth regional vice president, clarified in a press conference on Friday that no substantive change is going to happen. The implication is that poor population will now be part of PhilHealth and if they get sick, PhilHealth is going to pay for their confinement expenses. “It’s basically just a change in nomenclature. Kasi kun...
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20Jul2012MANILA, July 20 (PIA) -- PhilHealth is rapidly expanding its program in support of universal health care by providing heath insurance coverage for all national government-paid 5.2 million poor families and an additional over five million families paid for by local government units. As of May 2012, PhilHealth has paid out over P16 billion of benefits and expects to further expand benefit payments to over a billion pesos weekly starting July 2012. It has improved its hospitalization benefi...
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18Jul2012MANILA, July 18 (PIA) -- Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) assured all its overseas Filipino worker (OFW) members that they have been and will continue to be covered by the agency. In a press statement, PhilHealth president and CEO Dr. Eduardo P. Banzon assured OFW members that availment of their PhilHealth benefits, "have not been stopped nor compromised." "We assure all our OFW-members that they have been and will continue to be covered by PhilHealth," Banzon said. The Ph...
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18Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 18 (PIA) -- To keep overseas Filipino worker (OFW) members updated on their PhilHealth coverage and membership, the national health insurance provider joined the orientation for predeparting OFWs. The three-day learning series held at the Blas Ople Training Center, Manila was conducted by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and attended by 400 predeparture orientation seminar (PDOS) trainers. At present, PhilHealth covers around 2.52 million OFWs, plus 2.48 mil...
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10Jul2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, July 10 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has introduced a new set of enhanced benefits called the Primary Care Benefits I, designed to improve risk protection for its members. The new package includes consultations, regular blood pressure monitoring and health promotion like education and breastfeeding, counseling on lifestyle modification, and smoke cessation. Medicines are also provided for common diseases like asthma and acute g...
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09Jul2012BUTUAN CITY, July 9 (PIA) – To upgrade the health care benefits of members, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) on Thursday launched its Primary Care Benefit 1 (PCB1) Package at Bislig City, Surigao del Sur. An estimated crowd of 500 convened at the Bislig City Gymnasium and witnessed the event with the presence of Bislig City Mayor Librado Navarro, other officials and guests. In her speech, Local Health Insurance Office Chief Ms. Juliet Golez of PhilHealth Bislig City...
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07Jul2012VIGAN CITY, July 7 (PIA) -- A total of 1,366 tobacco farmers from La Union, Ilocos Sur and Abra received a one-year coverage of Philhealth Care packages sponsored by the Tan Yan Kee Foundation in a ceremony held at the Farmer’s Center of Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corporation (PMFTC) in Barangay Sidaoen, Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur last Thursday. Philhealth Region 1 Information Office Irene P. Martinez said the distribution ceremony of the Philhealth cards to the tobacco farmers was one of the ...
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06Jul2012SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna, July 6 (PIA) -- Eloisa Tagbo of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth)-San Pablo City, enjoined all retirees and former employees from public and private institutions to register as non-paying members with the PhilHealth in order to enjoy all the benefits and privileges, especially the hospitalization assistance, presently enjoyed by public and private workers. Tagbo stated that retired or former employees who had paid premiums continuously for 120 mon...
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05Jul2012SURIGAO CITY, July 5 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) turned over P7, 756,440.96 to the provincial government of Surigao del Norte representing capitation fund payments Tuesday. Capitation fund is PhilHealth’s way of returning a portion of its members' contributions to their respective local government units to improve their health services. Dr. Eduardo Banzon, PhilHealth president and CEO, presented a check to Governor Sol Matugas held at the Provincial Con...
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05Jul2012CEBU CITY, July 5 (PIA) -- To help attain the country's Universal Health Care and Millennium Development Goals’ (MDGs) health targets by 2015, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will increase premium contributions of the employed sector in January next year. PhilHealth Circular No. 011-2012 prescribes a new premium contributions schedule for the formal sector employees and their employers to be computed at three percent of the basic monthly salary of the employee effecti...
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05Jul2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, July 5 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) region 2 has launched its benefit package for case type Z which comprises treatment for breast cancer, prostate cancer, acute lymphocytic leukemia in children and kidney transplant. Dr. Salvacion Madarang said members and beneficiaries of health care program of the government who have any of the four cases may now avail of the package benefits. Madarang said rates for the type Z package were fixed to incl...
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05Jul2012NAVAL, Biliran, July 4 (PIA) – The office of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) in Region 8 said the effectivity of the increase in premium rate for self-employed members was extended to October 1. The original schedule for the effectivity in the increase of premium rate for self-employed members was on July 1, 2012, according to a PhilHealth advisory. Self-employed members of PhilHealth said members may avail themselves of the 50 percent off promo if they will pay the...
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04Jul2012ILOILO CITY, July 4 (PIA) -- Members and qualified dependents of Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) can now avail of a comprehensive treatment package for catastrophic illnesses. The new package was launched July 2 but was already effective since June 21 of this year. The simultaneous nationwide launch of the new benefit package was led by President Benigno Aquino III and Health Secretary Enrique Ona during a ceremony held in Malacañan. Known as the Case Type Z benefi...
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04Jul2012TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, July 4 (PIA) -- Davao Regional Hospital (DRH) is now one of only three hospitals in Mindanao contracted by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PHIC) or Philhealth to offer the Type Z benefits for life-threatening illnesses. Philhealth together with DRH Tuesday launched the Type Z Benefits which packages financial assistance for patients of “catastrophic illnesses” particularly for acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), early stages of breast cancer and ...
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02Jul2012BAGUIO CITY, July 2 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation or PhilHealth Regional Office Cordillera (PhRO-CAR) launched the new health insurance benefit packages for catastrophic illnesses primarily to benefit indigent families that are PhilHealth members under the sponsorship program. This is in line with the Aquino Health Agenda of “Kalusugan Pangkalahatan” (KP). Dubbed PhilHealth Benefit Package for Case Type Z, these new health insurance packages include illnesses and ca...
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02Jul2012Manila, Hulyo 2 (PIA) -- Si Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III amo ang nagpanguna sa paglunsar sang duha ka importante nga programa medikal nga magahatag sang ginakinahanglan nga mga benepisyo medikal para sa mga Pilipino, sa seremoniyas nga ginhiwat sa Malacang, Hulyo 2. Ang Presidente, kaupod si Secretary Enrique Ona, sang Department of Health, (DOH) naglunsar sang Rota Virus Vaccine nga kampanya sang DOH kag sang Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (PhilHealth) Type Z Benefit Package. ...
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29Jun2012In response to the 2011 Family Health Survey on maternal deaths the National Statistics Office has released, PhilHealth will strengthen its efforts to protect Filipino mothers. The NSO survey revealed that maternal deaths during pregnancy or delivery are primarily due to delays in provision of medical care to women, Miramar Zabala, Information Officer of PhilHealth Tacloban, said. Since 2003, PhilHealth has been addressing these delays by providing coverage for facility-based deliveries throu...
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29Jun2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, June 29 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has vowed to deliver higher benefit payments and improved services to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their dependents with an additional contribution of less than P3.50 per day. PhilHealth vice president for Visayas Jerry Ibay said that the required annual contribution with respect to OFWs stays at P1,200 this year or less than P3.50 per day. The OFWs’ adjusted premium of less than P7 daily,...
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26Jun2012ILOILO CITY, June 25 (PIA) -- For those enrolled under the Individually Paying Program (IPP) of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (NHIP) for one year, the agency has assured uninterrupted coverage. IPP members are self-employed individual professionals, those who have been separated from employment, employees of international organizations and foreign governments based in the Philippines that have no agreement with PhilHealth for their Filipino employees, and unemployed individuals...
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25Jun2012KORONADAL CITY, June 25 (PIA) -- “We are very grateful that despite our situation, there are people who care for us and extend their help,” said Noel (not his real name) in the Hiligaynon. Noel, along with 24 other children, is a resident of the Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth (RRCY) 12 that recently received donation of office fixtures, and furniture as well as musical and sports equipment from Philhealth 12. “Of all these given b...
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21Jun2012CEBU CITY, June 21 (PIA) -- PhilHealth assures its members diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the region of confidentiality in the processing of their benefit claims. To protect patients’ rights to confidentiality, all claims for PhilHealth’s outpatient HIV/AIDS treatment (OHAT) package shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope, marked “confidential,” and submitted to the PhilHealth regional office, according to a statement from PhilHealth. This is due to the rising inc...
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21Jun2012ANGELES CITY, Pampanga, June 21 (PIA) -- Thousands of indigent Angeleños will benefit from the recent distribution of PhilHealth cards by the city government. “The recipients include barangay officials and health workers and also indigent families,” Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan said. He added that this will be a great medical care help to the less fortunate, because they can be enrolled to PhilHealth without paying anything. With the cards, the poverty-stricken families of Angeles will be ab...
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18Jun2012DAVAO CITY, June 18 (PIA) -- Indigent constituents from 21 municipalities and a city in the region are assured of PhilHealth coverage until end of 2013, as their respective local government units (LGUs) have recently entered into a two-year lock-in period with Philhealth’s Sponsored Program. The LGUs, which also include the provincial LGU of Davao del Sur, signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) last June 15 with PhilHealth, indicating the renewal of contract to sponsor the health insurance co...
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18Jun2012DAVAO CITY, June 18 (PIA) -– Six municipal local government units in Davao Region have agreed to become collecting agents of Philhealth Regional Office XI to bring the latter’s services closer to the public. The municipal LGUs of Bansalan, Sta. Cruz and Sulop of Davao del Sur, Banaybanay and Lupon of Davao Oriental, and Mawab of Compostela Valley have signed a commitment to support PhilHealth’s advocacy to accredit LGUs as Accredited Collecting Agents (ACA). Dennis B. Adre, Philhealth-XI...
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15Jun2012KALIBO, Aklan, June 15 (PIA) -- Medical service in the province is sure to be upgraded as government pours P113. 5 million for the upgrade and repair of different health centers in Aklan. A stakeholders’ Orientation and Advocacy Forum on Kalusugang Pangkalahatan (KP) was recently held here for Aklan’s local chief executives at the GRQG Memorial Building, Provincial Capitol. The orientation was aimed at orienting mayors on KP and the impact it will be bring in their respective areas like h...
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15Jun2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, June 15 (PIA) -- A total of 26,408 indigent families were granted PhilHealth cards under the continuing Sponsorship Program of the provincial government of La Union. The program is spearheaded by Governor Manuel C. Ortega as part of the continuing implementation of the universal health care programs of the province. Qualified under this program are families who are listed in the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) of the Department o...
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15Jun2012CEBU CITY, June 15 (PIA) -- PhilHealth now expands its Outpatient Benefit (OPB) package for sponsored members to promote healthy behavior and ensure utilization of services paid for under the package and provide incentives to providers who perform better. Now, the Primary Care Benefit 1 (PCB1) package for sponsored members is consistent with the health care reform objectives of Universal Health Care. It is also designed to help achieve the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDG) of th...
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08Jun2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga, June 8 (PIA) -- Governor Lilia Pineda vowed to provide PhilHealth and district hospital access cards to more than 400 members of the newly formed Pampanga Junkshop Owners Association. “Hindi na kayo mamomroblema kapag nagkasakit kayo o kung sino man sa pamilya ninyo,” (You'll have no more problem when you get sick or any member of your family), Pineda told the junkshop owners in a conference held at the Capitol. The governor said these health benefits are part ...
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05Jun2012CEBU CITY, June 5 (PIA) --- PhilHealth Region 7 hired 31 registered nurses who attended a comprehensive training on PhilHealth policies and programs so as to effectively assist PhilHealth members regarding their membership, especially in availing of benefits and filing of benefit claims in PhilHealth accredited hospitals. After a month of deployment, the registered nurses hired under the PhilHealth Customer Assistance, Relations, and Empowerment Staff (CARES) Project have facilitated a number ...
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04Jun2012ILOILO CITY, June 1 (PIA) –- President Benigno S. Aquino III distributed PhilHealth cards to 10 urban poor families, representing the 63,425 beneficiaries from 180 barangays of Iloilo City. The President was in Iloilo today to inaugurate the Iloilo City Hall, besides delivering a keynote message in the First International River Summit. The 10 who received their cards from the president were Arabella Diaz and Mary Jane Vestidas, of Calumpang, Molo, Allyn Mirasol, Zamora-Melliza, Sandra De...
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01Jun2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Hunyo 1 (PIA) -- Nagkaroon kamakailan ng renewal ng partnership sa pagitan ng PhilHealth at ni Rep. Joseph Emilio A. Abaya ( 1st District, Cavite) upang maipagpatuloy ang health coverage ng mahihirap na pamilya sa pamamagitan ng Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) na nilagdaan sa Pasig City. May 6,000 mahihirap na pamilya mula sa Cavite City at Munisipalidad ng Rosario, Kawit at Noveleta ang mabibigyan ng dalawang taong PhilHealth coverage. Ayon kay Atty. Alexander A. Padilla, ...
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01Jun2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, June 1 (PIA6) -- All the beneficiaries of government’s Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps) will soon avail of all PhilHealth benefits. Capiz Local Health Insurance Office Chief Joe Frederick Diaz disclosed that all PhilHealth members including 4P beneficiaries will soon be granted all the benefits of PhilHealth, even if said beneficiaries do not have with them their PhilHealth Identification (ID) cards. He explained that the 4Ps Identification Card will be acceptable...
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31May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 31 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) in Caraga strongly supports the animal bite treatment package which was launched recently by the agency's central office.Parley Buyan, PhilHealth-Caraga regional information officer, said that under the rabies prevention and control program, they are ready to shoulder medical fees of PhilHealth members who are bitten with animals such as dogs, cats, monkeys, and the like.Aside from this, ...
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30May2012SAN JOSE, Antique, May 30 (PIA) -- PhilHealth urged for the improvement and upgrading of hospital services and facilities in line with the implementation of New Case Rate Package. New Case Rate Package was implemented way back in Sept 2011 per PhilHealth Circular No.011-2011 which provides for case rates for selected medical cases, surgical procedures and the no balance billing policy. Junie Sabusap, Manager, PhilHealth Antique in an interview said that with its implementation, PhilHealth wi...
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23May2012ILOILO CITY, May 23 (PIA) -- The PhilHealth on Wheels formally hit the road, going to the different local government units in Western Visayas with its first stop at the municipality of Barotac Viejo, Iloilo on May 17. PhilHealth 6 Information Officer Lazaro Tabsing said the soft launching in Barotac Viejo was successful that it was extended until the next day. Through PhilHealth on Wheels, PhilHealth 6 uses a vehicle to bring its staff, equipment and materials to provide off-site online serv...
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22May2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 22 (PIA) -- Over 15,000 poor families in South Cotabato are assured of health insurance coverage until 2013 after the provincial local government signed a memorandum of agreement with the Philhealth 12 for the renewal of its sponsorship program. Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy is one of 36 local chief executives in Soccsksargen Region who have signed for a 2-year lock-in period until 2013. Soccsksargen Region or Region 12 includes the provinces of So...
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22May2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 22 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. or PhilHealth here announced they have extended their coverage services with the recent launching of its Animal Bite Treatment Package (ABTP) that defrays cost of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) treatment. Information sent from PhilHealth 12 sent to PIA 12, indicate that the package is worth P3,000 which covers cost of vaccines, immunoglobulin, antibiotics, and supplies. This ...
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22May2012LUNGSOD NG VIGAN, May 22 (PIA) -- Nagkaloob ang pamahalaang lalawigan ng Ilocos Sur ng mga PhilHealth memberships sa 6,000 benepisyaryo, alinsunod sa Universal Health Care at Millennium Development Goals (MDG) na ang layunin ay matulungan ang mga itinuturing na “poorest of the poor” o ang mga pinakadukhang pamilya sa bansa. Ayon kay Gob. Luis “Chavit” Singson, tinututukan ng kanyang administrasyon ang pagtulong sa mga pinakamahirap na hindi gaanong nararating ng serbisyo ng pamahalaan ...
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18May2012MAKATI CITY, May 18 (PIA) -- Some 97,000 indigent Makati residents plus their dependents will continue to enjoy access to health care anywhere in the country, a statement posted on the city's website said. This, after a new agreement was forged between the city government headed by Mayor Jejomar Erwin S. Binay and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) led by its president and CEO Dr. Eduardo P. Banzon. Under the Partial Subsidy Scheme provided in the Memorandum of Agreement ...
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14May2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, May 14 (PIA6) -- Capiz PhilHealth Information Officer Mary Jane Amigo reported that their agency hired and deployed four nurses, effective May 2, in the various accredited hospitals under its Customer Assistance, Relations and Empowerment Staff (CARES) project in Capiz. She explained that the hired registered nurses will assist the health insurance members in the availment of their benefits and privileges while they are admitted in the hospitals. Amigo pointed out that of th...
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14May2012CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, May 14 (PIA) -- Philippine Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Regional Vice President Alberto C. Manduriao announced last Friday that two municipalities in Laguna have renewed their sponsored program (SP) enrollment with Philhealth. Manduriao’s announcement was made during his stint at last Friday’s “Talakayan sa PIA 4A” held at the regional office of the Philippine Information Agency-Calabarzon, this city. According to him, the recent signing of memorandum of agr...
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12May2012KALIBO, Aklan, May 12 (PIA6) -- Three nurses hired by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) have started serving Aklan hospitals here since May 2 under the program Customer Assistance, Relations and Empowerment Staff (CARES). The nurses’ main tasks, according to J’Roel del Rosario, Philhealth-Aklan’s Chief Social Insurance Officer, are to give needed information on membership, premiums and eligibility requirements to avail benefits, as well as to directly answer queries fro...
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08May2012LUNGSOD NG LAOAG, May 8 (PIA) -- Madali na ang paglalakad ng mga papeles na kakailanganin ng mga overseas Filipino worker (OFW) sa lalawigan ng Ilocos Norte dahil mayroon ng OFW One-Stop Shop ang lokal na pamahalaan sa pamumuno ni Gobernador Imee Marcos. Sinabi ni Dolores Cortes ng nasabing tanggapan na hindi na kailangan pang lumayo ng mga OFW sapagkat mayroon ng isang opisina na tutugon sa kanilang mga pangangailangan. “Sa OFW One-Stop Shop, gusto ni Gobernador Marcos na hindi na mahihirap...
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04May2012CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan, May 4 (PIA) -- Thousands of Bulakeños are now assured of health benefits after a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed between the Bulacan provincial government and PhilHealth at the Mini Forest, capitol compound recently. Bulacan Governor Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado and PhilHealth President and CEO Dr. Eduardo Banzon signed the MOA to provide affordable and quality health services to 150,000 Bulakeños. Alvarado said the sponsored PhilHealth Cards will be given to ...
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02May2012ILOILO CITY, May 2 (PIA 6) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) started today, May 2, the deployment of nurses under the PhilHealth Customer Assistance, Relations and Empowerment Staff (CARES) to various accredited hospitals nationwide. In Region 6, PhilHealth Head, Dr. Dennis Mas, said there are 33 nurses hired and deployed as permanent CARES to 18 Tertiary Level hospitals and the remaining will be on roving to Levels I and II government hospitals. There are 530 reg...
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01May2012QUEZON CITY, May 1 (PIA) -- Philhealth is open to people from all walks of life can who wants to avail the state-run health care program which is receiving a lot of support from the Aquino Administration. The government’s healthcare unit wants to provide health care coverage to laborers, fisherfolk, the jobless and the needy as well. “PhilHealth’s universal health-care agenda, based on objectives defined by President Aquino, gives priority attention to the poor, especially the poorest of...
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30Apr2012LEGAZPI CITY, April 30 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) in the Bicol region reminded their individually paying members to avail of the 50 percent discount on their annual premium contribution. In line with the increase in premium contributions set to start by July this year which requires individual paying members with average monthly income of P25,000 to pay an annual premium contribution of P2, 400, the 50 percent discount is one way to save and minimize the ...
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27Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 27 (PIA) -- A responsive and much improved PhilHealth is underway as the primary government health insurance agency undergoes changes on enrollment and membership. During the Communication and News Exchange Forum at the Philippine Information Agency, Friday morning, Philippine Health Insurance Corp. President Eduardo Banzon announced that they are now exploring a number of possibilities to improve the processing of membership and payments of its member, particularly from the...
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27Apr2012LUNGSOD NG QUEZON, Abril 27 (PIA) -- Magtatalaga ng mga Customer Assistance, Relations and Empowerment Staff (CARES) ang Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) sa mga ospital sa iba’t-ibang panig ng bansa, simula Mayo 2, 2012. Ang mga CARES ay ilalagay sa mga accredited na ospital upang siyang maging mga pangunahing kinatawan ng PhilHealth na kayang sumagot sa mga katanungan at magbigay ng mga impormasyon sa mga miyembro at pasyente na nais makakuha ng serbisyo ng Philhealth. ...
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27Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 27 (PIA) -- Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) President and Chief Executive Officer Eduardo Banzon asked poor families not included in the National Households Targeting System (NHTS-PR) for Poverty Reduction list to submit their names to Philhealth. Banzon said their office will then ask the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to check and survey these families. According to him, Philhealth recognizes those listed in the NHTS-PR as the poor...
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27Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 27 (PIA) -- Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) President and Chief Executive Officer Eduardo Banzon asked poor families not included in the National Households Targeting System (NHTS-PR) for Poverty Reduction list to submit their names to Philhealth. Banzon said their office will then ask the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to check and survey these families. According to him, Philhealth recognizes those listed in the NHTS-PR as the poor...
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27Apr2012QUEZON CITY, Apr. 27 (PIA) –- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will deploy 530 registered nurses to accredited hospitals on May 2, 2012 as Customers Assistance, Relations and Empowerment Staff (CARES). According to Dr. Eduardo P. Banzon, PhilHealth President and CEO, this initiative was designed to provide PhilHealth members essential information about their various health benefits as members at the point of service. Banzon said these nurses were selected from about 2...
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17Apr2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, April 17 (PIA) -- PhilHealth Region IV-A recently added 10 municipalities in Quezon Province as their accredited collecting partners in order to provide easy access of service to its members. These towns are Perez, Unisan, Tagkawayan, Calauag, San Narciso, Catanauan, Guinyangan, Dolores, Mauban, and Real. Alberto Manduriao, PhilHealth IV-A regional vice-president, said they included the local government units (LGUs) as collecting partners to be able to bring the service t...
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02Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, Abril 2 (PIA) -- Ang Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) – Caraga, gipangunahan ni Regional Vice President Johnny Sychua, bag-ohay pa lang nagpagawas ug tseke para sa pinansiyal nga tabang alang sa mga benepisyaryo sa ‘PhilHealth Run – Mindanao Run for Hope’ nga gipasi-ugdahan sa maong ahensiya niadtong milabay'ng bulan. Ang Presidente sa PhilHealth ug kasamtangang Chief Executive Officer nga si Dr. Eduardo Banzon uban ni VP Sychua ang personal nga mitunol sa t...
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31Mar2012CEBU CITY, March 31 (PIA) --The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) reiterates that they cover outpatient anti-TB treatment or directly observed treatment short-course (DOTS) for new cases of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary TB. New case means that the patient has never had treatment for TB or has taken anti-TB drugs but for less than a month. The benefit package is worth P4,000 which covers diagnostic work-up, consultation services and anti-TB drugs. The amount is paid to the ac...
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31Mar2012CEBU CITY, March 31 (PIA) -- PhilHealth-7 prepared the deployment of 307 nurses and 87 midwives to hospitals and other health facilities in the various local government units in Central Visayas. This is the third batch of nurses and midwives for deployment in the province of Cebu under the Registered Nurses for Health Empowerment and Local Service of the Department of Health (DOH-RNHeals). Recently, the batch was given an orientation to PhilHealth-related concerns they are likely to encounter ...
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30Mar2012CEBU CITY, March 30 (PIA) -- The Local Government of Bohol agreed to continue sponsoring the PhilHealth premium of some 32,564 poor families for a two-year coverage ending on December 31, 2013. Despite concerns regarding increases in PhilHealth premiums, Bohol governor Edgardo Chatto signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on March 27, 2012 with PhilHealth Region 7 Vice President William Chavez at the Governor’s Mansion in Tagbilaran City. PhilHealth recently adjusted its contribution rate w...
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28Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 28 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) - Caraga, headed by Regional Vice President Johnny Sychua, recently released checks as financial assistance to beneficiaries of the ‘PhilHealth Run - Mindanao Run for Hope’ conducted last February. PhilHealth President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Eduardo Banzon with Regional Vice President Sychua turned over the checks to Por Cristo Foundation Incorporated and Lingap Center of Butuan City Social Welfare a...
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28Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 28 (PIA) -- To continuously ensure health care benefits of Butuanons, the Philippine Health (PhilHealth) Insurance Corporation recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the city government here. The MOA signing between the two parties ensures coverage of poor and the low-income families identified by the city government under the Partial Subsidy Scheme, which also shows support to President Benigno S. Aquino III's goal of universal health coverage for all. Heads ...
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24Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY Leyte, March 24 (PIA) –- PhilHealth is encouraging the online crowd to help map up all health facilities in the Philippines in order to maximize the benefits of the social networking platform. Atty. Jerry F. Ibay, PhilHealth-8 Regional vice president, said that recognizing the strong presence of Filipinos on the Internet, PhilHealth hopes to gather their support to pin all health facilities on an online map. PhilHealth will then display data over the facilities to better infor...
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23Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) Region 2 is conducting orientations for Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) who will be tasked to get the profile of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries for the Kalusugang Pangkalahatan (KP) program. Dr. Tita Callueng, assistant regional director, said the BHWs who are also known as family leaders will be taught on how to profile the beneficiaries of 4Ps within their barangays to ensure that all targets enliste...
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16Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, March 16 (PIA) -- In response to transparency and accountability program of the present administration, the regional office of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) here said, with the implementation of its computer-based system on recording of the members’ payments, they can assure that their records will be updated from time to time. In a radio interview with Parley Buyan, PhilHealth-Caraga information officer, the computer-based recording...
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15Mar2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 15 (PIA6) -- More Capiceños are expected to be added to the Capiz provincial government – sponsored PhilHealth members this year in support to Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III’s call to make all Filipinos covered by the government’s health insurance. Based on PhilHealth – Capiz records, the provincial government has enlisted 36,565 families to the PhilHealth Sponsored Program (SP) as of Dec. 31, 2011. Capiz Gov. Victor A...
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14Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 14 (PIA6) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will expand the benefits under the national health insurance and simplify the process of availing them so that more Filipinos especially the poor can benefit from the government program, according to PhilHealth President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Eduardo P. Banzon. The statement was made by Banzon at the signing, March 13 of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between PhilHealth and the provin...
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13Mar2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 13 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s PhilHealth service in Capize has already registered 5,960 lifetime members as of December 31, 2011. PhilHealth-Capiz chief Joe Frederick Diaz reported the figure during a press conference in view of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signing between PhilHealth and the local government units (LGU) for a two-year lock-in membership of LGU-sponsored PhilHealth members. The figure forms part of ...
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13Mar2012BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, March 13 (PIA6) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) plans to rapidly and aggressively expand its services to provide better benefits and financial protection to its members all over the country. “In the past part of the problem was that PhilHealth was not...responding as aggressively as they wanted to. But now we do things differently and we plan to triple to over a P100-million benefit payment in 2015 from P35-milli...
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10Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 10 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has deferred the implementation of the increase in premium contribution rates for overseas Filipino worker (OFW) members. Miramar Palacio, information officer of PhilHealth Tacloban, informed the Philippine Information Agency that this new development is contained in PhilHealth Circular 07, Series of 2012, which amended an earlier issuance prescribing the new contribution rates for the diff...
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06Mar2012MANILA, March 6 (PIA) -- The Land Bank of the Philippines (Land Bank) recently signed an agreement with the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) for a collection and remittance partnership on the premium contributions of overseas and migrant Filipino workers. In a statement, Land Bank said the partnership will initially kick off on March 15 in partnership with its remittance partners in three pilot countries: Hong Kong (Pacific Ace Forex H.K. Ltd.), Macau (...
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04Mar2012ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, Mar 4 (PIA) -- The Philhealth - Rizal service office has chosen Rizal information officers league (RIOL) to be its partner in the dissemination of information on the benefits Philhealth provides to its members. RIOL president Girlie Singson, municipal information officer of Rodriguez, Rizal said the partnership between national government agencies and information officers of each local government unit (LGU) is essential. “There is a need to explain t...
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01Mar2012ILAGAN, Isabela, March 1 (PIA) -- Former Isabela board member Ysmael Atienza wanted the provincial government will give additional benefits to all barangay tanods in the province. Atienza said the considering risks these peacekeepers have in maintaining peace and order in their respective area of assignments, there is a need to give them additional benefits in order to encourage them to perform well in their job. Among the proposed benefits that Atienza wanted to be given to th...
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29Feb2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Feb. 29 (PIA6) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) vows to provide access to health care to more poor Filipinos through the government’s health insurance program. Capiz PhilHealth Provincial head Joe Frederick Diaz said that the services and benefits provided by the agency have already been expanded. Among these are primary care, benefit packages, regular NHIP benefits and no balance billing policy. Since January this year, the...
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28Feb2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- One of the country's super malls will be offering discounts today to all legitimate Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) members in Central Luzon. PhilHealth Regional information officer Ruth Gladys Carlos said “Members can avail of five percent discount in items inside the department store upon presentation of their PhilHealth ID while ten percent discount will be given to those who can present...
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28Feb2012CALAMBA CITY, LAGUNA, Feb. 27 (PIA-Laguna) -– Philhealth Calamba Service Office has recently transferred to a new site located at the third floor of Paseo de Uno de Calamba, Brgy. Paciano Rizal, this city and eventually blessed today its new office led by Mr. Arturo C. Ardiente, Chief, Philhealth Calamba Service Office. The blessing ceremony was witnessed by Philhealth employees led by Philhealth Senior Vice-President Melinda Mercado; Sta. Rosa City Mayor Arlene Arcillas; and offi...
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27Feb2012SAN JOSE, Antique Feb 27 (PIA) -- The Provincial and Municipal Officials of this province are set to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with PhilHealth on the latter’s sponsored program for indigent families. PhilHealth and the local officials have agreed to strengthen partnership to ensure the sustainability of coverage of poor families particularly those not covered by the universal health care program of the national government. The MOA will be signed by Governor E...
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24Feb2012TUBOD, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 24 -- To show the provincial government’s support to PhilHealth’s goal of improving the only pediatric cancer unit in Mindanao, Governor Khalid Dimaporo joined the Philhealth Run Mindanao Run for Hope. The Southern Philippines Medical Center-Children’s Cancer and Blood Diseases Unit (SPMC-CCBDU) is the only facility in Visayas and Mindanao that can deliver multi-disciplinary care for children with cancer. Also benefiting from the e...
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23Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- To fast-track efficient implementation of the healthcare program, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) is now hiring nurses to be deployed in the tertiary hospitals in Region 2. Regional Vice President Oscar Abadu said there are more than 800 available slots nationwide and Region 2 was given seven slots for the accredited tertiary hospitals that have been catering hundreds of beneficiaries daily. The identified tertiary hospitals ...
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22Feb2012SAN JOSE, Antique Feb 22 (PIA) -- The support of local officials is important to sustain PhilHealth membership of indigent members especially those not covered under the Universal Health Care program of the national government. This was emphasized by Junie Sabusap, Chief PhilHealth Antique Service Office in an interview. He said that sponsorship program of the local government units include members from poor families that are not identified under the Natio...
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21Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has bestowed recognition to 14 partner-employers and collecting banks and agents in Northern Mindanao for their valuable contribution to the success of the National Health Insurance Program, during the awarding rites held today at the Pearlmont Inn, Cagayan De Oro City. Maria Rhodella Pare, head of the PhilHealth-X Management Services Division, said the awarding aims to give credit to accredit...
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21Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, Regional Office X announced that all onsite membership registration and card issuance activities of its private partners are temporarily suspended. The announcement was made by Marlon Niño Arrabsaca, PhilHealth-X Membership and Marketing Section head, in a press conference held yesterday at the Pearlmont Inn, Cagayan De Oro City. The suspension will take effect immediately, he said. ...
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20Feb2012ILOILO CITY, Feb. 20 (PIA6) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has announced that it has suspended all onsite membership registration and card issuance activities of its private partners. In a press release, PhilHealth Iloilo Information Officer Lazaro Tabsing said the announcement was made by Philhealth President and CEO Dr. Educardo Banzon. Tabsing said Banzon has called for a tighter review of the terms of engagement pertaining to this agreement ...
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20Feb2012Our Constitution, as stated in Section 11, Article XIII, declares “that the State shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health development which shall endeavor to make essential goods, health and other social services available to all the people at affordable cost. Priority for the needs of the underprivileged, sick, elderly, disabled, women, and children shall be recognized. Likewise, it shall be the policy of the State to provide free medical care to paupers.” &n...
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19Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 19 (PIA) -- As part of its 17th anniversary celebration, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) in Region X, honored five individuals in Northern Mindanao who made exemplary accomplishments in their chosen fields. The PhilHealth-X Heroes Awards is the first-ever awarding activity of PhilHealth-X that recognizes outstanding individuals who have made significant contributions in the region, said Marlon S. Arabaca, Membership a...
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18Feb2012SAN JOSE, Antique Feb 18 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation or PhilHealth aims for 100 percent universal coverage of all Filipinos. Junie Sabusap, chief of PhilHealth Antique Service Office in a radio interview said that PhilHealth has leveled up its policy direction this 2012 into three major points. On top is the target of 100 percent universal coverage from 85 percent in the previous year, he said. This would mean total coverage of all Filipi...
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18Feb2012TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, February 18 (PIA) -- The League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) has formally asked for a moratorium on Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (Philhealth) plans to increase contributions by 2012. Bohol Governor Edgar Chatto said, the LPP passed a resolution asking the Philhealth Board not to implement the new Philhealth contribution schedule as yet, amid recent developments in the government’s medical insurance pr...
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17Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb. 17 (PIA) -- Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (Philhealth) decision to hire and deploy nurses in the entire country would be an advantage to government hospitals, a local health official said. Dr. Conrado Braña, chief of South Cotabato Provincial Hospital here said PhilHealth&rsq...
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17Feb2012KALIBO, Aklan, Feb. 17 (PIA) -- Aklan’s provincial government has continued to sustain Aklan’s universal program for PhilHealth. Governor Carlito S. Marquez, together with Representatives Florencio T. Miraflores, Teodorico Haresco, works to expand the coverage of the PhilHealth Universal Coverage. “The Philhealth Universal Program is designed to provide coverage for Aklanons not included in the regular program where the provincial government complements 30 percent of ...
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17Feb2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Feb. 17(PIA6) -- Capiceños will be given the opportunity to know the updates, particularly the benefits from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). Information Officer Mary Jane Amigo of PhilHealth Capiz disclosed that some 300 Capiceños representing the private and government sectors will attend the Employer’s Forum today, February 17 here. She said that of the total participants thereto, 200 of whom will be attendi...
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14Feb2012ILOILO CITY, Feb 14 (PIA 6) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation Regional Office 6 has set up information desks in some malls and hospitals in the region starting Feb. 13. PhilHealth 6 Information Officer Lazaro Tabsing said the desks manned by the employees of the agency will receive queries and provide information on membership, benefits, claims and other services and programs of the agency. Clients can also check and update their membership status at the desks. &ld...
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14Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- Some business establishments in Tuguegarao City that were accredited by Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) offer discounts to PhilHealth members for items, goods, and services, as an add-on to the benefits a member can avail aside from hospitalization expenses under the state-run health insurance “i-philhealthy” program. In an agreement signing, some local merchants such as Trimedica Diagnostic Center, Art of Charles Massage and ...
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14Feb2012MANILA, Feb. 14 (PIA) - The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) today unveiled its new corporate website in ceremonies at the Discovery Suites in Ortigas, Pasig City. The new website, www.philhealth.gov.ph, now includes online services that range from electronic registration, claims eligibility verification, and online mapping, to electronic premium reporting and payment for employers. “The site welcomes our visitors to three major section...
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14Feb2012DAGUPAN CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) – The Philippine Health insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has introduced at least four (4) benefit packages to part of its effort to institute reforms on the agency and make it more responsive to members' needs. Part of PhilHealth's 2012 agenda, according to Dr. Maricar Arzadon, OIC Regional Director, are the basic, supplemental, special and access benefits package. “For government programs as important as social health insurance...
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14Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) Region 2 has signed memorandum of agreement with two government and one private hospitals region-wide to facilitate the implementation of the electronic claims (e-claims) project. PhilHealth Regional Vice President Oscar Abadu has partnered with Cagayan Valley Medical Center and Veterans Regional Hospital, Ronald P. Guzman Medical Center, as well as the Department of Health (DOH). Abadu stated ...
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14Feb2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- To boost the government’s health insurance program campaign of an increased membership in the country, the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) opens online registration for prospective members. Philhealth Vice President for Mindanao Romeo Alberto said this new registration process is the insurance corporation’s way of reaching netezins out there who are not yet Philhealth member. Alberto said with the...
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13Feb2012NAGA City, Feb. 13 (PIA) -- For the past 17 years, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation has served as a strong pillar of hope for every Filipino people, catering to their health and medical needs and ensuring that they receive adequate and affordable Social Health Insurance Coverage especially during their most vulnerable times. This year, as PhilHealth celebrates its 17th Anniversary coinciding with the whole nation’s celebration of the National Health Insurance Month this Februar...
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13Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb 13 (PIA) -- The state-run Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) is looking for at least 600 nurses to be deployed to government hospitals nationwide as customer relations staff. PhilHealth president and chief executive officer Dr. Eduardo Banzon said in a news release, the nurses would be employed as part of the firm’s Customer Assistance, Relations and Empowerment Staff (CARES), and receive a monthly compensation of about P15,000 plus health in...
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10Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb 10 (PIA) -- South Cotabato Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr. lauded the automatic inclusion of conditional cash transfer beneficiaries as Philhealth members as announced by the Department of Social Welfare and Development Office – 12 (DSWD 12) . During a recent orientation of social welfare officers on National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (...
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09Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 9 -- More than 4000 fun run enthusiasts in Northern Mindanao convened through the frontage of Pelaez Sports Center. Amidst the cold atmosphere and the weather disturbance facing the region, runners started to come in as early as 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 5, 2012 to participate in the Mindanao-wide benefit run. Before the first gun start for the 17K category, everybody witnessed the fireworks display that formally opened the first PhilHealth run in Mindanao...
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09Feb2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Feb. 9 (PIA6) – PhilHealth – Capiz Service Office will reach out to sidewalk and market vendors at Teodoro Arcenas Trade Center (TATC) here on Feb. 16 as part of its continuing advocacy for membership in the province. “They belong to the informal sector which we cannot fully capture that is why we continue to (conduct this campaign to recruit them as members),” said PhilHealth – Capiz Chief Social Insurance Officer Joe Frederick Diaz. ...
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09Feb2012SAN JOSE, Antique Feb 9 (PIA) -– The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation or PhilHealth aims for 100 percent universal coverage of all Filipinos. Junie Sabusap, PhilHealth Chief of the Antique Service Office, said in a radio interview with PIA that PhilHealth has leveled up its policy direction this 2012 into three major points. On top is the target of 100 percent universal coverage from 85 percent in the previous year. This would mean total c...
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09Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato Feb. 9 (PIA) -- Ang Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) Rehiyon 12 magpalapad sa subong nga tuig sang ila pagpatuman sang e-claim project parti sang ila padayon nga hilikuton sa automation o kon paggamit sang computer. Si Ramon Aristoza , Philhealth 12 Vice President, nagsiling nga ini nga tikang ginpahibalo sining karon lang sang pagbisita ni President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Eduardo Banzon. Siling ni Aristoza...
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08Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato Feb. 8 (PIA) -- Bilang ped kanu kapatalus nu automation program nu Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) sa Rehiyon Dose, labi pan papedkauladen saguna lagun su kapedtuman nu proyekto nu niya “e-claim”kadtalo ni vice president Ramon Aristoza. Su proyekto na endo kaganatan su tradisyonal a “paper transactions” endo makanggay sa mangagan a access sa database system nu Philhealth sa mga accredited a mga ospital, ...
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08Feb2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga Feb. 8 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Central Luzon moves closer in attaining President Benigno Aquino III’s vision of universal health care. PhilHealth Vice President for Regional Office 3 Rodolfo Balog said that they have a total of 7,502,799 enrolled members and dependents as of December 2011 which is almost 100 percent of their mandated 2013 target. Balog added that a huge percentage of their membership...
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07Feb2012ILOILO CITY, Feb. 7 (PIA6) -- More PhilHealth members still need to be educated on the guidelines on how to process claims, to facilitate approval of the same. PhilHealth-6 Benefit Administration Section Chief Dr. Royce Reyes said its members are more aware of the programs offered by the agency than of the requirements for application. The agency reported that as of December 2011, there were 322,406 applications for claims filed. Of these, 3,419 were denied due to late filing (...
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06Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- Close to 4,000 runners in Northern Mindanao joined the Mindanao-wide benefit run to help kids with cancer. It was held at six venues in Mindanao yesterday, February 5. The Mindanao-wide run was spearheaded by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), highlighting the agency’s 17th anniversary celebration. Dubbed as “PhilHealth Run: The Mindanao Run for Hope," this fund-raising event was the firs...
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06Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato Feb. 6 (PIA) -- An education student and a track and field coach reaped the top prizes of the Philhealth Fun Run – The Mindanao Run for Hope here early yesterday. James Castillo, 19, an BS Education student of the University of Mindanao in Davao City clocked the 17-kilometer run &nb...
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06Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato Feb. 6 (PIA) -- “It was an overwhelming success,” says Dr. Miriam Cynthia Pamonag, Philhealth 12’s field operations chief, referring to the Philhealth Fun Run - The Mindanao Run for Hope held here yesterday morning. Some 3,667 runners had registered for ...
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05Feb2012DAVAO CITY, Feb. 05 (PIA) – The Mindanao-wide simultaneous fun run organized by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) today (Feb. 05) would benefit the Children’s Cancer Center and Blood Diseases Unit (CCCBDU) of the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC), this city. The PhilHealth Run: The Mindanao Run for Hope kicked off early this morning in six key cities in Mindanao with around 18,000 runners from Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Koronadal, Marawi and...
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04Feb2012ILOILO CITY, Feb. 4 (PIA) -- Five months after the implementation of PhilHealth’s Case Rate and “No Balance Billing” policies, the agency has set a series of forums to tackle concerns. PhilHealth-6 Information Officer Larry Tabsing said the assessment will be done with its various accredited health care providers and institutions, to include municipal health officers, PhilHealth in-charge personnel of accredited maternity clinics. A separate foru...
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04Feb2012TACLOBAN CITY Leyte, February 4 (PIA) – In order to provide more personalized services to members at point of service, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will soon recruit and deploy around 600 registered nurses to government hospitals, nationwide. Miramar Palacio, information officer of PhilHealth Tacloban, informed that under the PhilHealth CARES (PhilHealth Customer Assistance, Relations and Empowerment Staff) project, nurses will be trained to help ...
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03Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 3 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) announced Friday that the agency will roll out its outpatient benefit services or primary care benefits, as part of the government’s priority program to provide universal health coverage to all Filipinos, PhilHealth Vice President for Corporate Affairs Group Gregorio Rulloda said that all members nationwide will be assigned a primary health care provider to administer preventive, diagnostic and o...
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01Feb2012TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, Feb. 01 (PIA) -- Department of Health assistant secretary Dr. Romulo Busuego called on local government units to enroll with the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PHIC) those working in the underground economy. Dr. Busuego made the call noting that some of those working in the informal sector have yet to acquire health insurance. While the national government has targeted poor Filipinos identified in the National Household Targeting System ...
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29Jan2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Jan. 29 (PIA) -- PhilHealth official Dr. Noel Arteche encouraged hospital administrators in Samar to provide supplies and drugs to members of PhilHealth. Arteche made this appeal during the first Samar Hospital Summit held at the Capitol, Catbalogan City, Samar on Friday, Jan. 27. “If the member buys supplies and medicines outside the hospital pharmacy, the hospital losses some income,” Arteche told the gathered hospital personnel. T...
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29Jan2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Jan. 29 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is spearheading this year’s nationwide observance of the month of February as National Health Insurance Month and its 17th anniversary celebration on Feb. 14. Marimar Zabala, PhilHealth Tacloban information officer made the pronouncement during the ‘Suruswerte Ka’ PIA radio program over DYVL, saying that the state-run health insurance agency is currently gearing up for the a...
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27Jan2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Jan 27 (PIA) -- In order to allay the fears of local government units (LGUs) regarding the increase in premium contribution rate starting this year, PhilHealth developed a new payment scheme that will make it easier for LGUs to renew their sponsorship of the indigent families’ coverage. Marimar Zabala, information officer of PhilHealth Tacloban, said that early this year, PhilHealth had increased its premium contribution from P1,200 to P2,400 per year....
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27Jan2012CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan, Jan. 27 (PIA) -- Residents of Balagtas town have been receiving a medical service that “never sleeps” with the 24 hour-operation of their lying-in clinic and continued benefits from PhilHealth. Municipal health officer Dr. Genivelle Galvez said the town’s rural health unit (RHU), particularly the lying-in clinic, is always ready to give medical attention to pregnant mothers, post-natal care, free laboratory test, medical and dental check-up. ...
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27Jan2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Jan 27 (PIA) -- At least five million LGU-sponsored underprivileged families whose health insurance coverage expired last December 31, 2011 can still avail of the health care benefits from PhilHealth-accredited facilities until March 31, 2012. Marimar Zabala, PhilHealth Tacloban information officer, said that this was announced by PhilHealth president and CEO Dr. Eduardo P. Banzon who said the extended validity period will not entail any additional cost to the spon...
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27Jan2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 27 (PIA) -- PhilHealth Regional Office 10 is all set for the historic Mindanao-wide simultaneous run for kids with cancer on February 5, 2012. After a full semester preparation for a full blown Mindanao-wide run, the Cagayan De Oro and other five regional venues are ready to make history for the PhilHealth Run: The Mindanao Run for Hope. This event aims to increase the awareness on children’s cancer and the need for a Mindanao=wide collaboration to augm...
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21Jan2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 21 (PIA) – A total of 15,019 families from the city’s 51 barangays were covered by the Philippine Health Insurance Program (PHIP) by four (4) sponsors, last year. Of this number, 10,094 families were covered by Mayor Nova Princess E. Parojinog-Echavez, through the local government unit (LGU) of Ozamiz City, Ludie Salud A. Raras, City Social Welfare Officer (CSWO), said. About 1,363 families were also covered by Governor Herminia Ramiro, throug...
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20Jan2012by Alex A. Lumaque ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Jan. 20 (PIA6) – A total of 122,831 poor Capiceño families are covered by the National Health Insurance Program’s (NHIP) sponsored component program. Based on PhilHealth – Capiz records, the national and provincial government have sponsored 36,618 and 36,565 families, respectively, while the various municipalities and a congressional office have registered 49,132 families for the program. Also includ...
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17Jan2012by Oliver T. Baccay TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan. 17 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) has urged its members and sponsors to avail of the incentives by paying their annual contributions before the implementation of the 100 percent hike in premium contributions. Cesar Sales, chief of field operations division, said that starting July 1 of this year, all premium contributions will increase by 100 percent. As per resolution of the board of directors, members are given up to ...
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12Jan2012BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 12 (PIA) – The Philippine Health (PhilHealth) Insurance Corporation, the country’s health insurance arm stepped up preparations for the conduct of the "PhilHealth Run: The Mindanao Run for Hope" slated at 5 a.m. on Feb. 5 in this city. Taking off from the success of running events in providing an avenue for the Public and Private Partnership (PPP) to work together towards a good cause, thus, the PhilHealth has organized this activity which will be...
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12Jan2012TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur Jan. 12 (PIA) -- PhilHealth Regional Office in Caraga under Regional Vice-President Johnny Sychua has embarked on a fund-raising campaign through the “PHILHEALTH RUN: The Mindanao Run for Hope.” Simultaneously slated on February 5, the event will be held in the cities of Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Koronadal, Marawi and Zamboanga. Targeting a minimum of 17,000 runners across Mindanao, the Philhealth Regional office is aiming, at least, 2,500...
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07Jan2012CEBU CITY, Jan. 7 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) extends the payment deadline of individually-paying members (IPM) for the fourth quarter of 2011 on Mar. 21, 2011, especially in Sendong-affected areas in the country. In a press release, PhilHealth gives a three-month extension to give consideration to IPMs residing therein. Voluntary and self-employed IPMs generally pay on a quarterly basis. Premiums must be paid on or before the last working ...
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01Jan2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan. 1(PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) region 2 has urged local government units to focus on improving their existing rural health units (RHUs) for more quality medical services for Philhealth members. According to Karen Corral of Philhealth 2, the government’s effort of issuing Philhealth cards is useless if there are no health centers of hospitals that could attend to their medical needs. “We are making rounds to a...
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07Oct2011KORONADAL CITY, Oct. 7 (PIA) -- Koronadal Mayor Peter B. Miguel yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with South Cotabato Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr. that paved the way for the transfer of P1 million fund to the South Cotabato Provincial Hospital (SCPH). The program tagged as “Pondo Bulig sa Maysakit (PBM) sa Emergency Room” is intended exclusively for use by the city’s indigent residents who are hospitalized at the SCPH. ...
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05Oct2011KORONADAL CITY, Oct 5 (PIA) -- An official of the Philhealth believes the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) database is an effective tool to prevent social protection benefits from going to the beneficiaries who are not poor. “Gone are the political indigents,” Philhealth 12 Regional Vice President Ramon Aristoza said during the launching of NHTS-PR database in Soccsksagen region at the Protech Center here. The ...
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31Aug2011KORONADAL CITY, Aug 31 (PIA) -- Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) through its service partners will be implementing new benefit case packages for medical and surgical procedures, effective tomorrow, September 1. With such a scheme, the regional PhilHealth office said members and health care providers will be able to predict the amount that PhilHealth will be covering for each of the services provided. Turn-around time for claims pro...
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31Jul2011KORONADAL CITY, July 31 (PIA) -- Some 12,137 indigents in 24 barangays of General Santos City recently received free cards from Philhealth. Dr. Miriam Grace Pamonag, field operations chief IV of Philhealth Regional Office 12 said the recipients were those identified under the National Household Targetting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR). Premiums for the health insurance have been paid by the national government through the Department of Health (DOH). Additional 453 individual...
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29Jul2011CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, July 29 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) is a Government Owned and Controlled Corporation (GOCC) whose mission is to ensure adequate financial access of every Pilipino to quality health care services through the efficient administration of the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP). With such mission, this government owned and controlled entity envisioned as an adequate and affordable social health insurance coverage for all. (Sapa...
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26Jul2011KORONADAL CITY, July 26 (PIA) -- Some 10,601 indigents from the towns of Kalamansig and Lebak in Sultan Kudarat recently received free Philhealth Cards. These indigent recipients were identified through the National Household Targeting System for Proverty Reduction (NHTS-PR), Philhealth 12 Field Operations Division Chief, Dr. Miriam Grace G. Pamonag said. Pamonag said the cards are valid until December 31, 2011 and can be used by the recipients in availing of ...
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11Jul2011KORONADAL CITY, July 11 (PIA) -– Twenty-eight couples were wed on Friday, July 8, in a congress of Philhealth beneficiaries in Isulan town, Sultan Kudarat. The “Kasalan ng Bayan” was a highlight of the 3rd Philhealth Congress that Isulan Mayor Diosdado Pallasigue annually holds for the local government unit-sponsored constituents enrolled in the health insurance. “Since March 16 this year, 227 couples have already availed...
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30Jun2011DAVAO CITY, June 30 (PIA) – The Philippine Health Insurance has recently enlisted 2,049 new members in its health insurance program in the region. PhilHealth was able to cover the new members into the program who were mostly parents of elementary pupils from nine public schools in Davao Region, during the massive registration day called PhilHealth Sabado II on June 25. Filbert Sollesta, Philhealth field operations division head, said that the new registrants were enrolled under the...
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25Jun2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, June 25 (PIA) – The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth) has intensified its information, education and communication (IEC) on the benefits of its members, even as it conducts, today, June 25, the “Philhealth Sabado, Part II” in the city. “I always heard from my friends who are Philhealth members of the instances when their hospital bills were reduced to the minimum. Thus, I wanted to know if I, who is only a tricy...
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17Feb2011LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 17 (PIA) - For failure to regularly remit their employees monthly premiums to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), nine Albay based private employers are now in hot waters and are facing criminal cases in the Legazpi City courts. Dr. Veronica Mateum, PhilHealth regional office officer-in-charge, disclosed this during a press briefing held last Monday during the 16th anniversary of the government health insurance firm. She said that ...
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