PhilHealth increases dialysis coverage to almost P1 million per year

10/17/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — State health insurer PhilHealth has implemented two successive increases in its benefit package for hemodialysis from P4,000 in July to P6,350 per session this October, making the total financial package to almost a…

15 dialysis patients start treatment sessions in Lapu-Lapu hospital

Futch Anthony Inso 04/13/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Some dialysis patients from Lapu-Lapu City have already started their dialysis sessions at ARC Hospital in Barangay Agus, Lapu-Lapu City. This was confirmed by Lawyer Apple Collados, chief of staff of Lapu-Lapu City…

Lapu-Lapu plans to open free dialysis center by April — Mayor Chan

Futch Anthony Inso 03/13/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — By April, the Lapu-Lapu City government will have its own dialysis center for Oponganon patients. This developed after the Lapu-Lapu City government entered into a joint venture agreement with a private firm to…

Dialysis patients to be referred to other  facilities during construction of new building in VSMMC

Futch Anthony Inso 03/10/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) assured dialysis outpatients who would be displaced during the construction of the new Renal Care and Transplant building of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) that…

Patients worry about VSMMC’s move to temporarily stop outpatient dialysis in April

Futch Anthony Inso 03/06/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Dialysis patients from Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) have expressed their worries as the hospital’s Renal Care and Transplant Center will temporarily not accept outpatients to give way to the construction of…

Video of professor babysitting student’s child goes viral

Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 09/28/2022

CEBU, Philippines— Professor Andres Sequito from the Samar State University warmed netizens’ hearts with a video of him carrying the baby of his student inside his class. According to uploader Ezza Permaci, teacher Andres Sequito rendered “yaya”…

PhilHealth lauded for extension of dialysis coverage

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 09/24/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial Board lauded the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) for allowing its members listed in its Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 5 (CKD 5) database to avail themselves until the end of…

PhilHealth extends dialysis coverage from 90 to 144 sessions this year

Doris C. Bongcac 08/05/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is increasing its coverage for outpatients undergoing hemodialysis from 90 to a maximum of 144 sessions this year. Under Circular 2022-0017 that was published on August 3 and…

From 90, PhilHealth expands dialysis sessions to 144 for rest of 2022

Zacarian Sarao - @inquirerdotnet 07/30/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has expanded its coverage of hemodialysis sessions from 90 to 144  for the remaining months of 2022. “The PhilHealth Board of Directors has recently approved the coverage of…

Frasco files bill to create dialysis clinics, 9 other measures on 1st day of Congress

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/01/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Fifth District Representative Vincent Franco “Duke” Frasco filed 10 legislative measures on the very first day of 19th Congress on July 1, 2022. Frasco filed legislation for the establishment of dialysis clinics…

Region’s Top 10 Most Wanted for illegal drugs falls in Carcar City

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 07/17/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 37-year-old man tagged as the top 10 most wanted person at the regional level for illegal drugs was arrested on Saturday morning, July 17, in Carcar City. Police identified the suspect as…

PhilHealth should keep its promise to dialysis patients – Zarate

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 11/09/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) must stay true to its word and ensure that dialysis patients will receive treatment even if they are past the yearly limit of 90 sessions per year, Bayan…

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