ShareThisMANILA – Malacanang Friday reminded the public of Saturday’s (October 2) one-day registration with the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to ensure access to quality health service during hospitalization.
In a media briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said the registration is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in all regional and service offices of Philhealth nationwide and the 17 centers for health development of the Department of Health (DoH).
He said 72 retained hospitals of the DoH will receive applications and payments of P300 for the quarter beginning October 1 or P1,200 for one year for those wishing to pay their contributions in advance.
Dubbed Philhealth Sabado, the nationwide registration day sponsored by the DoH, Philhealth, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and Department of Interior and Local Government as well as non-government and professional groups, targets the informal sector, the non-indigents and those under the Individual Paying Program and the Sponsored Program to enlist in the 19 registration sites, three of them in Quezon City.
Registration entails only minimal identification document such as valid identification card, the Philhealth explained.
Philhealth now has 20.1 million members with an average of five dependents or around 85 percent coverage rate as of February this year.
Earlier, the Philhealth said that on registration day, Philhealth cards will be issued to new and current members who might wish to update their membership records.
Under the sponsored program, the National Household Targeting System (NHTS) list from the DSWD, indigent families will be registered under the Philhealth SP and will be given cards which they can use for one year with a monthly premium of P100.
Families claiming to be indigents could be included under the local government unit or self-proclaimed Premium Payment for Sponsored program.
The DoH has committed P500 million as local counterpart funds for the enrolment of eligible NHTS-listed families, the Philhealth reported.