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PhilHealth, CFC Medical Mission sign MOA for indigent enrolment - May 10, 2006
THE Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and the CFC Medical Mission Foundation, Inc. recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the enrolment of indigent beneficiaries of the Foundation’s Gawad Kalusugan Program into the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP). Lorna O. Fajardo (left) Acting PhilHealth President and CEO said that the partnership is “...another door being offered to PhilHealth to entice a number of people to be part of the NHIP.” Shown exchanging copies of the signed MOA are Fajardo and Dr. Jose Yamamoto, International Director of CFC Medical Mission Foundation, Inc.
Shown (L-R) are Melinda C. Mercado, PhilHealth’s Senior Vice President for Operations, Fajardo, Yamamoto, and Dr. Elen Solis, GKal Health Manager.
The Foundation will also donate funds to finance local government subsidy either full or partial. It will also make its available chapters nationwide as distribution centers for PhilHealth’s information materials, as well as enter into an agreement with LGUs for the formal implementation of the Sponsored Program.
“We intend to expand the coverage because our vision is to cover 7,000 communities....our goal is for all those communities to be healthy communities and I confidently think that PhilHealth coverage will help us attain the 7,000 healthy communities,” Yamamoto said.
The MOA calls for PhilHealth to provide the necessary technical support to the Foundation as it pursues additional coverage under the NHIP. On the other hand, the Foundation will assist PhilHealth in the registration of its beneficiaries either directly or through the local government units (LGUs) where its beneficiaries are located. Yamamoto said that it was PhilHealth’s thrust “...towards rationalizing the delivery of medical care benefits to the poorest of the poor” that prompted them to enter into a tie-up with the government corporation. Fajardo and Yamamoto are shown exchanging insights after the MOA signing ceremonies.