PhilHealth Warns Health Facilities on Failure to Deduct Discounts for Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities

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THE Philippine Health Insurance Corporation warned all accredited health facilities nationwide on Saturday, November 11, 2023, regarding their failure to deduct the mandatory discounts that senior citizens or persons with disabilities are entitled to from their total hospital bills.In a statement, PhilHealth President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. said all medical facilities must make sure to deduct all the statutory discounts for SCs and PWDs before they are discharged.

Ledesma said they are issuing the warning after PhilHealth received reports that a number of health facilities failed to deduct the senior citizens or PWD discounts from their hospital bills. On the other hand, the PhilHealth chief reminded persons with disabilities and senior citizens to report similar incidents of non-deduction of such privileges to the Office for Senior Citizens Affairs, the National Council for Disability Affairs, or PhilHealth.

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