Sunday, March 25, 2012

Register Online and Be A PhilHealth Member

You may now register online using PhilHealth's Online Services - Electronic Registration System located at this link. Online registration was introduced in the release of PhilHealth Circular No. 05 s-2012.

Requirements (Things you need to prepare)

Scanned copy of your supporting documents (jpeg/jpg, bmp, png, gif or pdf). Size for each file should not be greater than 2MB.
- for employed members, you would need the scanned ER2 with signature from your employer.
- you and your dependents' birth certificates
- marriage contract for married individuals

You may also choose to mail the necessary supporting documents, however, your application can only be processed once they are received.

Process:

  1. Click on this link-> Register Online to directly take you to PhilHealth's registration facility.
  2. Click the Proceed button.
  3. Click the "I agree to the conditions stated above and will comply to submit the required information and supporting documents to complete the registration." 
  4. Click the Accept button.
  5. Enter all the required information denoted by the asterisk (*) sign. Guardian information is required for principal members whose age is less than 18 yrs old. For employers registering their employees, you can specify the email address of the employees. You can simply ask the employees to forward the email of Philhealth for their issued PhilHealth number. If you used only one email address, employees would need to update their email addresses directly with PhilHealth for future correspondences. Tip: Use your current personal email address and encode your name as appearing in your birth certificate.
  6. Click the Submit Registration button. An email will be sent to the email address you specified during registration.
  7. PhilHealth will be processing the online applications and when the finished, an email indicating the PhilHealth number assigned to you will be sent.
You can claim your PhilHealth ID in any PhilHealth office near you. For individually paying members, upon receipt of your issued PhilHealth number, you can immediately start paying your monthly premium contributions.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

PhilHealth service desks at Robinsons Malls

You may now avail of general member-related services such as submission of membership forms, PIN verification, and updating of MDR information at PhilHealth's service desk in Robinson's Galleria, along Ortigas Ave., in Quezon City, Robinsons Otis and Robinsons Place Manila in Manila, and Robinsons Nova Market, in Novaliches. Robinsons Metro East will soon follow in have a service desk of its own.

These service desks are open from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Mondays-Fridays.

For further details, you may read PhilHealth's news release here.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

PhilHealth launches new electronic innovations


Health Secretary Dr. Enrique Ona, PhilHealth President Dr. Eduardo Banzon, and PhilHealth CIO Dr. Alvin Marcelo at e-Innovations launch.

PhilHealth has recently updated the way it delivers services to its clients via its website. These include:
  • A new, refreshed look for it's corporate website;
  • An online mapping service (allows clients to view the location of all PhilHealth branches and accredited health care providers);
  • Electronic registration;
  • A new Health Insurance Card;
  • An online method of determining member eligibility.
We will be providing more information about these improvements as we learn about them. For further details, you may read PhilHealth's news release here.