Date Filed: 11 August 2009

Pursuant to PhilHealth Board Resolution Number 1281 series of 2009, selected surgical procedures and services shall be added to the existing list of procedures requiring sufficient regularity of premium payment enumerated in the annex of Circular No.36 series of 2006.

1. The newly listed procedures that shall require nine (9) months of premium payment twelve (12) months prior to the month of benefit availment is listed in the annex^[*] (List of Additional Procedures and Services Requiring 9 Months of Premium Payment) of this Circular.

2. This rule shall apply only to Individually Paying Members (IPM) and their dependents including IPM’s under the Group Enrolment Scheme. Exempted from this rule are IPM’s enrolled by Organized Groups through the KaSAPI Program.

3. This Circular shall take effect for all claims with admission dates starting January  1, 2010. The eligibility status of IPM’s as per contribution history starting January 2009 shall be treated as follows:

CASE	1st Quarter 2009	2nd Quarter 2009	3rd Quarter 2009	4th Quarter 2009	Availment January 2010
A	Paid	Paid	Paid	Paid	Eligible
B	Paid	No payment	Paid	Paid	Eligible
C	Paid	Paid	Paid	No payment	Eligible
D	No payment	No payment	Paid	Paid	Not Eligible

4. For multiple surgical procedures wherein 1 procedure is covered by the rule on sufficient regularity of premium payment, the required nine (9) months of premium payment prior to availment shall still apply.

5. The complete list of procedures, i.e., the existing procedures of Circular 36, s-2006 plus the additional procedures listed in this Circular, requiring sufficient regularity of premium payment for IPMs starting 1 January 2010 may be downloaded at the PhilHealth website: www.philhealth.gov.ph

All other provisions of previous issuances remain in full force and effect.

Please be guided accordingly.

Adopted: 28 July 2009

(SGD.) DR. REY B. AQUINO
President and CEO