THE Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will increase the financial support for hemodialysis from P2,600 to P4,000 per session, the Department of Health (DOH) announced. The PhilHealth Board also approved catheter insertion and blood transfusion payments that may be claimed separately from the main case rate for admission.
THE Philippine Health Insurance Corporation will increase the financial support for hemodialysis from P2,600 to P4,000 per session, the Department of Health announced.
In a statement, the department said the next step will be a detailed PhilHealth Circular and operationalization by PhilHealth management to ensure that the improved benefit can already be claimed.However, these treatments cannot fully cure but only extend the lives of end-stage kidney failure patients.
This, the DOH said, aligns with the Second State of the Nation Address of the President, where he stated that dialysis is now free for the majority of Filipinos.
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