Shown signing the MOA are (seated L-R) Quezon City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte, Bautista, Padilla, PhilHealth Regional Vice President for NCR Dennis Mas and NCR Central Branch Manager Arsenia Torres

Quezon City - The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Local Government of Quezon City as the pilot site for the issuance of fully functional/transactional PVC-type PhilHealth ID cards to Indigent, Sponsored and Senior Citizen members residing in the City.The MOA aims to enhance the Quezon City government’s health care delivery system by setting up appropriate electronic infrastructure in the LGU-owned hospitals and to potentially increase enrolment and coverage from the Informal Economy in the locality.

Padilla (second from right) shakes hands with Bautista (3rd from left) as the latter receives the mock-up PhilHealth PVC ID Card

"The PhilHealth ID card in its durable form is now every cardholder’s passport to quality medical care services. It will facilitate PhilHealth-related transactions, particularly in LGU-owned facilities, where point-of-service terminals will be installed, thus making transactions purely electronic in nature," says PhilHealth PCEO Alexander A. Padilla.

The Quezon City government has also allocated funds for the enrolment of 50,000 families under the Sponsored Program of PhilHealth for 2015 and has continuously extended its support to the 120,000 families enrolled by the national government under the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s “Listahanan.”

Padilla turns over the Php 5,000,000 capitation fund check to Bautista for the improvement of LGU-owned facilities

The event coincided with the formal turn-over of the capitation fund check to Quezon City worth P5,000,000.00 representing the per family payment rate for the second semester of 2012 and CY 2013 for the improvement of its healthcare facilities. (Dianna Marie S. Chua)