Aside from the P10 billion, PhilHealth has also released about P21-billion worth of regular claims. Read:
PhilHealth utilized its interim reimbursement mechanism where hospitals advance their three month’s worth of claims from the agency.Domingo gave assurance that PhilHealth still has sufficient funds to address the pandemic as it earlier vowed to shoulder the medical expenses of COVID-19 patients.for patients who will be hospitalized starting April 15.
All Filipinos are covered by PhilHealth under the Universal Health Care Law, but a case rate package sets the maximum amount that the state insurer will pay for the treatment of a patient for a certain ailment. A patient would have to pay hospital charges over this amount out-of-pocket, or through personal health insurance.
Coverage for mild pneumonia is set at P43,997, moderate pneumonia at P143,267, severe pneumonia at P333,519, and critical pneumonia at P786,384. “May pondo pa rin tayo pero hindi ito unlimited kaya tayo naglabas ng case rate para mabalanse ang mga gastos sa mga kaso ngayon,” Domingo said.of COVID-19, 722 of which have recovered while 462 have succumbed to the disease.
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