(NAR) VOL. 7 NO. 1 / JANUARY-MARCH 1996
In the interest of the service and in order to decentralize Medicare registration at the regional level, the following procedural guidelines shall be observed:
A.
Application for Medical Coverage for Regional Applicants Shall be Filed at the Regional OWWA Unit (ROU) Responsibility Center | Activity |
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1. Filipino Overseas Contract Worker | Fills up the Medicare Information Sheet (MIS) and submits the same to the Medicare Clerk for verification |
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2. General Clerk | Verifies the MIS and forwards the application to the Cashier if found eligible |
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3. Filipino Overseas Contract Worker | Pays the Medicare Premium |
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4. Cashier | Receives premium payment and issues corresponding receipt |
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5. General Clerk | Encodes pertinent data to generate the Medicare Eligibility Certificate (MEC); Files the MIS |
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6. ROU Supervisor | Initials the MEC |
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7. General Clerk | Releases the MEC to the OCW |
B.
Application for Exemption From Medicare Coverage
An OCW who has an existing coverage of the Medicare program thru his active status under the SSS/GSIS Voluntary Membership Program shall be exempted from mandatory coverage.
Responsibility Center | Activity |
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1. Filipino Overseas Contract Worker | Fills up the MIS and presents proofs of active SSS/GSIS membership |
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2. General Clerk | Verifies the documents |
| Prepares a Certificate of Exemption from Medicare Coverage |
| Files MIS |
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3. ROU Supervisor | Signs the Certificate of Exemption |
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4. General Clerk | Releases the Certificate of Exemption to the OCW |
C.
Report Requirement
At the end of the day, the General Clerk shall generate the Report of MECs Generated/Certificates of Exemption issued. For control measures, the supervisor shall ensure that collection tallies with the number of MECs generated. These reports shall be backed-up on a disk. To ensure effectiveness and timeliness of information, the diskette together with the hard copy of the enrollees/exempted shall be forwarded to the Registration and Management Information Systems Division of the Medicare Assistance Program for database updating every Wednesday.
For compliance.
Adopted: 11 December 1995.
(SGD) WILHELM D. SORIANO
Administrator