revised inpatient care benefits

The following are the maximum allowances or ceilings to be applied per single period of confinement** effective April 5, 2009 admissions onwards.

Level 2 Hospitals (Secondary)
Benefit Item Case Type
A B C
Room and Board
(maximum of 45 days per year)
400 400 600
Drugs and Medicine
(per single period of confinement)
3,360 11,200 22,400
X-ray, Laboratory and Others
(per single period of confinement)
2,240 7,350 14,700
Operating Room For procedures with RVU 30 and below = 750
For procedures with RVU 31 to 80 = 1,200
For procedures with RVU 81 to 600: RVU x PCF 15
(minimum = 2,200 and maximum = 7,500)
Professional Fees
a. Daily Visits
General Practitioner (Groups 1, 5, & 6)
Per Day 300 400 500
Maximum per confinement 1,200 2,400 4,000
Specialist (Groups 2, 3, & 4)
Per Day 500 600 700
Maximum per confinement 2,000 3,600 5,600
b. Surgery (for Case Type A, B and C)
Surgeon Anesthesiologist
General Practitioner
1st Tier (Group 1)
RVU x PCF 40=PF1
maximum of 3,200
40% of surgeon's fee (PF1)
maximum of 1,280
With Training
2nd Tier (Group 5 and 6)
RVU x PCF 48=PF2 48% of surgeon's fee (PF1)
Diplomate/Fellow
3rd Tier (Group 2, 3 and 4)
RVU x PCF 56=PF3 56% of surgeon's fee (PF1)

* Not to exceed 45 days for each calendar year.
** Refers to a confinement or series of confinements of the same illness not separated from each other by 90 days within a calendar year. In this case, a member or beneficiary is not entitled to another set of benefits until after 90 days. They can only avail of the unused portion of the benefits and the room and board fees until the 45 days allowance is exhausted.

However, a member can avail of new set of benefits if succeeding confinements are of different illness or condition.