The awardees with PhilHealth officials from left Dr. Esther Ricardo of PhilHealth, Dr. Jose Chan of NMMC, Datu Masiding Alonto Jr. of PhilHealth, Maybelle Honcada of RHU Pangantucan, Dr. Marilou Po of Malaybalay Polymedic General Hospital, and Diosdado Ofngol of RHU Pangantucan.

THE Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) on February 27 recognized exemplary health care providers in northern Mindanao which demonstrate outstanding performance in the delivery of quality service by upholding health and financial risk protection to PhilHealth members in line with the Universal Health Care.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, PhilHealth 10 awarded three health care institutions namely: Pangantucan Rural Health Unit of Pangantucan, Bukidnon; Malaybalay Polymedic General Hospital, Malaybalay City; and Northern Mindanao Medical Center in Cagayan de Oro.

The three awardees were chosen from the seven nominees that include Andot Medical Hospital in Bacolod, Lanao del Norte (LDN), Baroy Rural Health Unit in Baroy, LDN, Barangay Poblacion Lying-In Clinic in Maramag, Bukidnon.

Datu Masiding M. Alonto Jr. PhilHealth 10 regional vice president and concurrent officer in-charge vice president for Mindanao, recalled that since PhilHealth started in 1998, there were only 10,000 to 20,000 claims a year that they have to work on, and 17 years after, the countrys health insurance provider in Region 10 is serving more than 300,000 claims each year from the more than 300 accredited health providers, both public and private, in the five provinces and eight cities of northern Mindanao.

Alonto said that despite the limitations of PhilHealth to meet the demands of their services they are working hard to cope and uphold the standard of quality and sustainable health care for every Filipino.

He said that the awarding of exemplary health care institutions was to acknowledge their cooperation in pursuing universal health care beyond accreditation - consistently demonstrated their willingness to provide care without financial burden; physical facilities and equipment; and quality assurance program for continuing improvements.

PhilHealth 10 said that they are working on national awards be accorded to the nominees in the coming years, especially those already in the hall of fame or have been repeatedly awarded in the 10 years that PhilHealth 10 started recognizing exemplary health institutions in the region.

Published in the Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro newspaper on March 01, 2015.

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