Given the resources currently available to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), it should be able to fully cover the number of dialysis sessions for its members as well as implement a 20% to 30% across-the-board increase in member benefits. This, according to AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee, who said that PhilHealth should have […]
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The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) is set increase the number of covered outpatient hemodialysis sessions from 90 to 156. “Good news po ito sa ating dialysis patients dahil ngayong taon ay nakatakdang itaas ng PhilHealth ang bilang ng covered outpatient hemodialysis sessions. Mula 90 sessions ay magiging 156 na po ang covered,” PhilHealth acting […]
Senator Risa Hontiveros reiterates her appeal to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to continue providing for the full 144 dialysis sessions this year, as the country is still in a state of emergency in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dialysis advocacy groups earlier revealed that dialysis sessions could cost up to P12,000 to […]