THE Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office will now include professional fees (PF) in its medical assistance program for indigent Filipinos after a meeting with the House leadership on Wednesday.
THE Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office will now include professional fees in its medical assistance program for indigent Filipinos after a meeting with the House leadership on Wednesday.During a press briefing, House Deputy Majority Leader for Communications and ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo said that the 'breakthrough' move will allow the use of PCSO medical assistance funds as payment of doctors' fees aside from other expenses such as room and other medicines.
PCSO General Manager Melquiades Robles said that the coverage of professional fees is one step toward making zero-balance billing for indigent patients a reality, as some patients have already experienced paying for their medical bills through different programs of the government, including PhilHealth , MAIP or AICS .'Maybe everything else was paid for by PhilHealth, except the professional fee,' Robles said.Philippine Medical Association president Dr. Hector Santos Jr.
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