The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth)
will expand to 11,000 households this year the coverage of its health insurance
program for residents in various conflict-affected areas in Mindanao .
Ramon Aristoza Jr., Philhealth executive vice president and
chief operating officer, said Tuesday such move was based on the additional
allocation received by the agency for the program’s implementation for 2015.
He said the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace
Process (OPAPP) has allocated a total of Php128.9 for the initiative through
the PAyapa at MAsaganang PAmayanan (PAMANA) and the Sajahatra Bangsamoro
programs.
“This will enable us to provide health insurance coverage to
11,000 Sajahatra Bangsamoro and PAMANA program beneficiaries until Dec. 31,
2015,” he said in a statement released by PhilHealth Region 12.
Aristoza, who is a former PhilHealth regional vice president
for Region 12, said OPAPP specifically earmarked Php47.7 million for
beneficiaries under the PAMANA program, Php26.4 million for the renewal of
Sajahatra Bangsamoro program enrolees, Php50.4 million for the targeted
beneficiaries under the socio-economic component of the normalization process
and Php4.4 million for the 3,698 enrolees in 2013 under the Sajahatra
Bangsamoro.
He said targeted new enrolees will come from
conflict-affected areas in parts of Region 12, Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao and the neighboring areas.
Owing to this, the official advised PhilHealth regional
offices, local health insurance offices and the agency’s Sajahatra Bangsamoro
focal persons to update and renew their membership and member data records.
He said new or additional enrolees who would want to avail
of the benefits prior to the issuance of PhilHealth identification cards and
member data records are required to go to the nearest Philhealth office for the
issuance of the certificate of eligibility form.
“The issuance of the PhilHealth identification cards and
member data records will be based on the master list of enrolees that will be
issued by OPAPP,” Aristoza said.
In case the names of the enrolees are not included in the
OPAPP master list, the agency will require them to submit an endorsement from
the Moro Islamic Liberation Front or the specific combatant group they belong,
he said.
The official added that other sponsored and indigent members
whose coverage expired last Dec. 31, 2014 and whose enrolment were not renewed
by their sponsors are required to continue their membership by amending their
records to informal sector economy and by paying their annual contribution of
Php2,400 payable on a quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis.
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