PhilHealth New Premium Rates for OFW Member in 2012

As PhilHealth aggressively move towards Universal Health Care (UHC), they will prioritize the introduction of a new set of enhanced benefits designed to improve financial risk protection for all member. Among these are primary care benefits that will entitle PhilHealth members to basic, quality health care services through accredited public and private health care providers nationwide. This includes outpatient medicines such as anti-hypertensives, anti-diabetics, and antibiotics, which are among the more common medicines needed by their members. PhilHealth will also expand the case rate for all diseases and procedures to further empower the members with the knowledge of how much PhilHealth covers for each and every medical condition. We envision a situation where each and every PhilHealth member is assigned to a primary care provider through which preventive and diagnostic services can be availed of at no cost to the member.

Critical to sustaining the provision of these benefits is a significant investment in health care through an adjustment in the premium contribution rate for all paying members in 2012.

Members under the Overseas Workers Program (OWP) may avail themselves of an annual rate of P1,200.00 if they pay anytime between January 1 and June 30, 2012. At the same time, members who sign a policy contract with PhilHealth during the first semester of 2012 and commit to pay for two (2) consecutive years, may similarly enjoy the price off from the new annual premium rate of P2,400.00 which takes effect on July 1, 2012.

This new development is in line with PhilHealth Circular 022, s2011 which was published in the Philippine Star last December 16, 2011.

All OWP members may pay at the POEA or at any of PhilHealth Service Offices and accredited collecting agencies and their tie-ups overseas. Further inquiries may be referred to PhilHealth Call Center at (02) 441-7442. - https://www.affordablecebu.com/