Insurance Report

PhilHealth subsidy for dialysis patients now ₧4K per session

  • 📰 BusinessMirror
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 25 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 13%
  • Publisher: 59%

İnsurance İnsurance Headlines News

İnsurance İnsurance Latest News,İnsurance İnsurance Headlines

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.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 19. in ERROR

İnsurance İnsurance Latest News, İnsurance İnsurance Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Mati city gov’t, PhilHealth ink pact for mental health care packagesDAVAO CITY – The city government of Mati and the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) have offered mental health care packages for their members.
Source: manilabulletin - 🏆 25. / 51 Read more »