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This addition creates nearly comprehensive coverage for indigents. In 2011, 23 Case Rates was introduced and in 2013, All Case Rates was fully implemented. All other beneficiaries have access to nearly all comprehensive services, excluding some outpatient care. PhilHealth has an accreditation program for private hospitals. [9]
The medical center has been licensed by the Philippine Department of Health and is affiliated with and accredited to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). [3] [4] It has also been accredited by The Joint Commission International in 2013, 2016, 2019 along with its most recent Gold Seal accreditation in 2022. [5]
The Medical City, Don Eugenio Lopez Sr. Medical Complex, Ortigas Avenue, Brgy. Ugong, Pasig City Cardinal Santos Medical Center 10 Wilson St., Greenhills, San Juan City St. Luke’s Medical Center - Global City: Rizal Drive corner 32nd Street and 5th Avenue, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig Fatima University Medical Center Corporation
With a shift to a parliamentary form of government, the Department of Health was transformed into the Ministry of Health on June 2, 1978, with Dr. Clemente S. Gatmaitan as the first health minister. On April 13, 1987, the Department of Health was created from the previous Ministry of Health with Dr. Alfredo R. A. Bengzon as secretary of health.
The center is meant as a one-stop shop for government medical assistance for indigent Filipinos. The first Malasakit Center opened in February 2018. [1] [2] When Go was elected Senator in 2019, he continued to promote the Malasakit Center; authoring a bill in the Senate that would institutionalize the center. [3]
At present, it is known as Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center by virtue of Executive Order No. 851 s.1982. [1] It is not only a general tertiary level hospital but also a medical training center under the Department of Health (Philippines). Artemio Cabrera was appointed Medical Center Chief from 1969 to 1986.
UHC seeks to undo certain medical practices that were originally established during colonial times, namely the reliance on private healthcare and a weak system of public healthcare. [29] However, certain problems faced by PhilHealth continue to go unaddressed under the new UHC system. [30]
The Philippine Children's Medical Center is managed as a government-owned and operated corporation (GOCC) which is attached to the Department of Health.The hospital's government firm shares Board of Trustees with the other three specialty hospitals (Philippine Heart Center, Lung Center of the Philippines, and the National Kidney and Transplant Institute). [4]