P900M benefit payments released for Reg-7 PhilHealth members

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. in Region 7 has released more than P900 million as benefit payments for its PhilHealth clients in year 2004.

Mabeth Solis, public relations officer of PHIC Regional Office in Cebu said the payments released were for health services covered by PhilHealth such as out-patient and in-patient services, chemotherapy, radiology, dialysis, ambulatory surgical procedures and special packages on maternity care and dialysis package for free-standing dialysis clinics.

Records show that the top ten causes of hospitalization claimed by PHIC P900M benefit payments released for Reg-7 PhilHealth members clients in 2004 in Region 7 are as
follows: pneumonia, acute gastroenteritis, pregnancy (live birth), urinary tract infection, bronchial asthma, acute bronchitis, end-stage renal disease, acute gastritis, single spontaneous delivery and acute amebic dysentery.

There are a total of 1,115,163 PhilHealth members regionwide.

For hospitalization claims filed by overseas Filipino workers, PHIC has paid a total of P3.947 million, a month after assuming the medical care program from Overseas Workers Welfare Administration.