The program also featured the PhilHealth KonSulTa first patient encounter of the participants from the employed sector with the present PhilHealth partner KonSulTa healthcare providers in Iloilo City.

Dr. Francisco E. Sarmiento III of the PhilHealth Primary Care Benefits Team and Quality Assurance Group graced the said event together with PhilHealth Region 6 acting regional vice president Janet A. Monteverde.

“True enough, primary healthcare is an essential component for disease prevention, health education, promotion, and maintenance. All of these and more are covered by the PhilHealth KonSulTa benefit package,” said Monteverde.

Sarmiento, on the other hand, discussed the mandates of PhilHealth under the Universal Healthcare (UHC) Act and the updates on the implementation of their comprehensive outpatient benefit package.

Meanwhile, Anthony Mark Baban of the Antique Provincial Health Office, representing Provincial Health Officer II Dr. Ric Noel Naciongayo, shared the initiatives of the province in implementing the PhilHealth KonSulTa and other UHC programs. To note, the province of Antique was able to register all of its 18 rural health units and nine hospitals as KonSulTa healthcare providers.

Capping the program, PhilHealth 6 Field Operations Division Bien Officer-in-Charge Paul S. Obordo emphasized the