PhilHealth disburses P137B in claims from Jan. to Oct. 2024

11/30/2024

State health insurer PhilHealth paid a total of P137.6 billion in benefit claims to more than 12,000 accredited health care facilities nationwide from January 1 to October 31, 2024, with a national average turnaround time (TAT) of…

PhilHealth board okays preventive oral health services coverage

Ma. Teresa Montemayor - Philippine News Agency 11/30/2024

MANILA – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Board of Directors en banc on Friday approved the preventive oral health benefit package for all. It is part of the state insurer’s expansion of primary care benefits in line…

BISU student wins PhilHealth’s digital poster making contest

11/23/2024

As part of PhilHealth’s ongoing efforts to increase understanding and appreciation of social health insurance through creative and innovative means, and in line with the celebration of the agency’s 29th anniversary this year, and a prelude to its…

DOH plans to add palliative care to PhilHealth packages

Jerome Aning - Philippine Daily Inquirer 11/23/2024

  To help families caring for dying loved ones, the Department of Health (DOH) is considering adding palliative care to the benefit packages that Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) will soon improve. “I’d love to see a palliative…

PhilHealth increases benefit package for severe dengue by 200%

11/11/2024

As dengue fever cases continue to rise in the country, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has significantly increased its benefit package for severe dengue from P16,000 to P47,000, effective November 1, 2024. This substantial increase, part…

PhilHealth now covers readmissions for same illness within 90 days

11/03/2024

Members, who are readmitted due to the same illness in a span of 90 days, can now avail of PhilHealth benefits after the state health insurer lifted its Single Period of Confinement policy beginning October 1, 2024.…

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…

PhilHealth: Dialysis coverage now nearly P1-M per year

Ma. Teresa Montemayor - Philippine News Agency 10/15/2024

MANILA – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has implemented an increase in the hemodialysis package from P4,000 to P6,350 per session. With the increase to P6,350 per session, every Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 5 (CKD5) patient…

PhilHealth raises hemodialysis coverage to P6,350 per session

Dexter Cabalza - Inquirer.net 09/16/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp.  (PhilHealth) is set to raise the benefit package for each hemodialysis session, reducing out-of-pocket costs for patients with stage 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD5). However, private dialysis centers can…

Woman from Talisay City nabbed for producing fake BIR TIN cards

Emmariel Ares 07/18/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines –  A 38-year-old woman from Talisay City, Cebu is facing criminal charges for allegedly printing and selling fake BIR TIN cards and Philhealth cards to customers across the province of Cebu. The arrested suspect…

PhilHealth hikes hemodialysis support

Jerome Aning 06/22/2024

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has increased its financial support for kidney patients’ hemodialysis and ancillary services from P2,600 to P4,000 per session, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday. Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa, PhilHealth…

PhilHealth offers benefit package for heat-related illnesses

Dempsey Reyes, Dexter Cabalaza, Marlon Ramos 04/30/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has assured the public that it covers services for inpatient confinement for heat-related illnesses, such as heat stroke, heat cramps and heat exhaustion. “If members or their dependents…

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