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3K Health Care Facilities Now Accredited with PhilHealth - February 2, 2006
ALMOST 3,000 institutional health care providers are now accredited
with the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth),
ensuring more avenues through which health insurance benefits
may be availed of by its 54 million members nationwide.
In a pre-11th Anniversary media briefing held at the Annabel’s
Restaurant recently, Lorna O. Fajardo, Officer-in-charge of
the Office of the PhilHealth President and CEO said that at
least 1,564 hospitals or about 91 percent of the total number
of hospitals in the country today, are already accredited with
PhilHealth. "This means that there are now more health
care facilities through which our members may avail themselves
of their PhilHealth privileges," she said.
Fajardo added that about 882 rural health units in various parts
of the archipelago are similarly accredited, providing out-patient
diagnostic benefits to members under the Sponsored Program.
These benefits include screening for cervical cancer, digital
rectal exam, counseling for lifestyle modification, complete
blood count, urinalysis, fecalysis, sputum microscopy, among
others.
"We have also accredited 98 maternity clinics through
which our members may avail themselves of our Normal Spontaneous
Delivery Package and other maternity-related benefits,"
she reported. On the other hand, 108 TB-DOTS Centers have been
accredited to provide short-course treatment for tuberculosis
patients, while 17 free standing dialysis centers have been
accredited for patients with peritoneal and hemodialysis requirements.
Some 27 ambulatory surgical clinics are similarly accredited
for members’ surgical needs which PhilHealth compensates
for.
"We continue to expand our service delivery network but
we also make sure that we forge ties only with those facilities
that provide high-quality medical care services for the benefit
of our members," Fajardo emphasized. "Through
accreditation, we are able to guarantee our members that the
highest quality of medical service is given them, whenever and
wherever they may need these most."