DAVAO CITY, June 14 (PIA) – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation in Region XI has advised the public that the implementation of the four per cent (4%) increase in the member’s premium rate for calendar year 2022 has taken effect in January this year.
The minimum monthly premium of the direct contributors will now be P400.00 with an income floor of P10,000.00, and up to P3,200.00 with income ceiling of P80,000.00, PhilHealth-XI public relations officer Johanna Blason bared during Monday’s episode of Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City Davao.
According to PhilHealth’s advisory earlier, the adjusted premium rate shall take effect in the Electronic Premium Remittance System (EPRS) and the PhilHealth Member Portal starting the applicable month of June 2022.
“This years’ implementation is to make sure to have enough fund for the implementation of expansion benefits of universal health care,” Blason stated.
She cited the “Konsultang Sulit at Tama” Package or Konsulta Package, an expansion of primary care benefit which is newly-implemented to cover all Filipinos as mandated by the Universal Health Care Law.
She explained that the package offers comprehensive outpatient health services such as free medical consultations, health screening and assessment and access to selected diagnostic services, and medicines.
All PhilHealth members and dependents are qualified to avail of the outpatient package in accredited health service providers.
In Davao City, Blason bared that there are 18 public health centers which provide the free services included in the package.
There are 11 accredited health centers in Davao Oriental, while there’s one each from Davao de Oro and Davao del Norte, she said.
There are 13 laboratory and diagnostics examinations, such as complete blood count with platelet count, urinalysis, fecalysis, sputum microscopy, fecal occult blood, pap smear, lipid profile, fasting blood sugar, oral glucose tolerance test, electrocardiogram, creatinine and HbA1c.
Also included in the package are 21 drugs and medicines, under the following categories: anti-microbial, fluid and electrolytes, anti-asthma, anti-pyretics, anti-diabetic, anti-dyslipidemia, anti-hypertensives, anti-thrombotics and anti-histamine. (PIA-XI/Zerah Come)
