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(NAR) VOL. 23 NO. 1, JANUARY - MARCH 2012)
[ DOH ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2011-0013-A, March 22, 2012 ]
AMENDMENT TO ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2011-0013 DATED SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTING GUIDELINES ON THE DOH COMPLETE TREATMENT PACK (COMPACK) TO ENSURE SUSTAINABLE ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL DRUGS AND MEDICINES FOR THE MARGINALIZED SECTORS
The DOH Complete Treatment pack (ComPack) Program is a medicine access program designed to reach the poorest of the poor with complete treatment regimens for the top most common diseases in the country which contribute to increasing morbidity and mortality and high out-of-pocket spending for medicines and health services to majority of Filipinos.
The DOH ComPack medicines are provided free to the identified beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program of the department of Social Welfare and development (DSWD). While the CCT beneficiaries include about three million households, there is still a portion of the poorest of the poor families in the country under the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) that cannot access the medicines.
In order to carry-out the paramount goal of the program, to increase patient’s access to quality essential medicines and to improve primary health care of the poorest of the poor families, Administrative Order No. 2011-0013 is hereby amended as follows:
A. RURAL HEALTH UNITS
1. The DOH through its Compack Program shall grant to all RHUs of municipalities with CCT beneficiaries medicines packages for the most prevalent diseases to be identified by the National Center for Pharmaceutical Access and Management (NCPAM) following the Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) of the identified diseases.
2. The DOH ComPack program target shall include the sick family members of families identified in the NHTS-PR list, those enrolled as CCT beneficiaries and the PHIC sponsored members. The sick member of these families shall receive the full subsidy for medicines under the following conditions:
B. DOH and LGU HOSPITAL
This Section and all provisions under it shall be deleted.
except for the above amendments, all provisions of AO 2011-0013 shall remain valid and in effect.
Adopted: 22 March 2012
(SGD) ENRIQUE T. ONA, MD
Secretary of Health
The DOH ComPack medicines are provided free to the identified beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program of the department of Social Welfare and development (DSWD). While the CCT beneficiaries include about three million households, there is still a portion of the poorest of the poor families in the country under the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) that cannot access the medicines.
In order to carry-out the paramount goal of the program, to increase patient’s access to quality essential medicines and to improve primary health care of the poorest of the poor families, Administrative Order No. 2011-0013 is hereby amended as follows:
Section V.I GENERAL GUIDELINES
1. The DOH ComPack Program shall be implemented in all rural Health Units (RHUs) serving families identified by the DSWD as part of the CCT program. The medicines shall be provided to patients who are in the NHTS-PR list of the DSWd including CCT beneficiaries as well as to patients not in the NHTS-PR list but are Sponsored Program members of Philhealth. The medicines shall be provided only upon consultation, diagnosis and prescription by the RHU doctor/s.
10. Provision deleted
12. Provision deleted
A. RURAL HEALTH UNITS
1. The DOH through its Compack Program shall grant to all RHUs of municipalities with CCT beneficiaries medicines packages for the most prevalent diseases to be identified by the National Center for Pharmaceutical Access and Management (NCPAM) following the Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) of the identified diseases.
2. The DOH ComPack program target shall include the sick family members of families identified in the NHTS-PR list, those enrolled as CCT beneficiaries and the PHIC sponsored members. The sick member of these families shall receive the full subsidy for medicines under the following conditions:
a) The patient or his/her parent if he/she is below twenty-one (21) years old must be in DSWD NHTS-PR list or must have CCT Id or PHIC Sponsored Program member card
b) The patient must be seen and diagnosed by the RHU physician/s and the medicines must be prescribed accordingly
c) The patient must adhere to the treatment regimen and must comply with the follow-up schedules as advised by the physician
Additional Provision
7. The RHUs within a province which are DOH ComPack recipients must report to the CHD any instance of over-supply of medicines. The excess ComPack medicines may be shared with RHUs where these medicines are inadequate or shared with LGU hospitals within the province, provided this is reflected in the records of the donating and receiving RHUs/hospital.
B. DOH and LGU HOSPITAL
This Section and all provisions under it shall be deleted.
except for the above amendments, all provisions of AO 2011-0013 shall remain valid and in effect.
Adopted: 22 March 2012
Secretary of Health