PhilHealth: We will pay ‘full cost of treatment’ for Covid-19 patients

IN the midst of growing public concern over the financial costs of getting treatment for the Coronavirus Disease 2019, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) once again assured the public that it will “shoulder the full cost of treatment of Covid-19 cases until April 14, 2020.”

In its Advisory No. 2020-022 addressed to all accredited hospitals and health facilities in the country, PhilHealth clarified that “after the (said) date, we shall continue to provide financial coverage to Covid cases thru a recomputed case rate.”, citing that “the reason for this accommodation window is due to the novelty and the wide range of severity of the disease in the country for which no existing case rate or package based on accepted protocols has yet been established.”