PhilHealth expands benefit packages
By J.Lo
"These are among commonly availed cases by our kababayans," Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) president and chief executive officer Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. in a press briefing said PhilHealth has increased coverage of several of its benefit packages for its members.
Among these are benefit packages for high-risk pneumonia and ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, Ledesma said.
For high-risk pneumonia, he said PhilHealth coverage will now be at P90,100 from current P32,000, or increase of 181 percent.
For ischemic stroke, PhilHealth will now cover as much as P76,000, which is 171 percent increase from existing P28,000. For hemorrhagic stroke, PhilHealth will be covering P80,000 from existing P38,000, or 111 percent increase.
He added more enhancements of benefit packages will be made including those for outpatient therapeutic care for severe acute malnutrition as well as enhancement of Z benefits packages, such as breast cancer, prostate cancer, cervical cancer, and open-heart surgery for children.
At the same time, PhilHealth will soon publish implementing guidelines for outpatient drug benefit of PhilHealth GAMOT to expand choices for outpatient medications.
Package increases initial 21 medications covered by Konsulta program to include additional 32 other commonly prescribed outpatient medicines.
"This will bring PhilHealth's coverage to total of 53 outpatient medications, ranging from regiments covering infections up to maintenance medications for non-communicable diseases," Ledesma said.
State health insurer also recently launched its outpatient mental health package where members may avail themselves of general mental health services package amounting to P9,000, and specialty mental health services package amounts to P16,000 per person annually.
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