DAVAO CITY – In response to the imminent danger
in public health posed by recent confirmed Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases in the country and worldwide, the Philippine
Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) bared its package for the viral
respiratory illness.
A circular issued by Philhealth states that the
benefit covers confirmed cases with confirmatory tests done in the Research
Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) and may be availed in accredited
facilities with capacity to manage the disease.
Johanna Blason, Philhealth XI public relations
officer, said the availment of the benefit for Davao Region may be done at the
Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) with benefit package amounting to
Php 50,000 for non-health workers and Php 100,000 for health workers.
Health workers refer to those employees in
health care institutions here or abroad who had close contact with a MERS-CoV
patient and may have acquired the illness while performing one’s duty.
Blason stated that all availments are subject to
the corporation’s No Balance Billing Policy (NBB) and that all claims will
undergo medical and post audit evaluation as part of Philhealth’s monitoring
and assessment of the health care provider’s performance.
She added that the benefit package covers all
admissions starting January of this year.
The MERS-CoV is a viral respiratory illness
caused by a coronavirus, with no known vaccine to date. (PHIC-XI/Kleah Dublin)
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