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Saturday, June 13, 2020

Amid Covid-19 crisis, Zambo mayor continues with pro-poor programs

DESPITE THE health crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the local government of Zamboanga continues to roll out its pro-poor programs that will benefit residents here.


PhilHealth Zamboanga Team headed by Local Health Insurance Office Nadzmir Sajili. turns over to Mayor Beng Climaco and Vice Mayor Rommel Agan identification cards and member data records of identified beneficiaries of the City Government's sponsored program. (Bong Serondo)


Just recently, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation through its Zamboanga Team headed by Local Health Insurance Office head Nadzmir Sajili turned over to Mayor Beng Climaco and Vice Mayor Rommel Agan nearly 9,000 PhilHealth identification cards and member data records of beneficiaries enrolled by the local government.

Because of Climaco’s priority programs on Security, Health and Education (S.H.E.), the PhilHealth beneficiaries are now covered and can easily avail of various medical programs offered by PhilHealth.

Climaco has committed some P22 million in funds for the program. Those who received their PhilHealth cards thanked Climaco for her benevolent program and vowed to support her administration’s other programs.

With the Climaco’s priority program for the poor, many residents will also benefit from PhilHealth’s health programs, especially at this time of the Covid-19 pandemic.

PhilHealth also announced the new rate of its benefit package for Covid-19 testing. The adjustment resulted from its continuing consultation with stakeholders and infectious disease experts, increased availability and affordability of testing kits in the market, and increased number of qualified facilities to do Covid-19 testing.

The health agency assured the public that it is committed to pay benefits due all Covid-19 patients regardless of their admission date and through its new case rate packages starting April 15 onwards.

Under the new case rates, patients confirmed with Covid-19 and developed into severe illnesses will be compensated as follows: mild pneumonia for P43,997; moderate pneumonia for P143,267; severe pneumonia for P333,519; and critical pneumonia for P786,384.
These new rates and the guidelines on how hospitals should be able to assist patients in availing of the benefits are contained in its Circular No. 2020-0009.
The state agency also said that it is now paying for testing based on another circular (No. 2020-0010) which prescribes coverage for Covid-19 tests from P2,710 to as high as P8,150 depending on how the test kits were procured by the accredited testing laboratories. (Zamboanga Post)


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