THE Benefits Committee (BenCom) of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Board of Directors endorsed on Friday to the board en banc better benefit packages for heart attacks, 10 rare diseases, preventive oral health at primary care, peritoneal dialysis, and assistive mobility devices.
THE Benefits Committee of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation Board of Directors endorsed on Friday to the board en banc better benefit packages for heart attacks, 10 rare diseases, preventive oral health at primary care, peritoneal dialysis, and assistive mobility devices.
PhilHealth noted that there are eight major steps needed to implement a new PhilHealth benefit or to enhance an existing one: 1) benefit development; 2) policy development; 3) policy approval; 4) IT system development; 5) publication; 6) IT system enhancement; 7) user training/orientation; and 8) effectiveness assessment.
“The job of PhilHealth is to pay the health benefits of its members. It is President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s standing instruction for the DOH to steer PhilHealth along these lines through its Board,” said Herbosa.
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