Lawmakers have filed a bill mandating the use of online payment, among others, by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth).
LAWMAKERS have filed a bill mandating the use of online payment, among others, by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. .
Making premium payments easy and convenient will encourage members, especially those who are voluntarily paying, to keep contributing to the PhilHealth fund, Duterte said. He noted that telemedicine or online medical consultations are now widely used in other countries like China and Singapore so that patients can easily book appointments via the Internet without waiting for hours inside doctors’ offices.
The DOH, as the lead implementing agency, is mandated to transform and strengthen its existing Knowledge Management and Information Technology Service into a full-fledged National eHealth Information and Services Bureau . This body will perform the overall management and administration of the NeHS.
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