In consonance with PhilHealth reconciliation efforts and in compliance with Sec. 237, Chapter II of the National Internal Revenue Code of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, accredited health care facilities and providers are strictly required to issue PhilHealth with official receipts (O.R.) of their Medicare reimbursements effective October 1, 2005.

                                                                                                                                                                       

Mode Reimbursed by	Prescribed Mode of Issuance of O.R.
PhilHealth	to PhilHealth
Check payment received through mail	Send through mail/ submit personally/ have it
	hand-carried by authorized representative.
	May initially issue provisional receipt (P.R.)
	and, later, issue corresponding O.R. upon
	pick-up of succeeding checks.
Check payment picked-up by authorized	Both OR/PR should indicate the check number/s,
representatives from PhilHealth office	date and the corresponding amount/s received.
Professional fee (PF) paid through	Await receipt of professional Fee Pay-ment Notice
Auto Credit System	(PFPN) from PhilHealth. Thereafter, submit O.R.
	as mentioned above, indicating the amount
	and the date it was credited.
	For verification, physicians are advised to confirm
	their Balances with Landbank through Express
	Net ATMs regularly.

Note: For government health care faciilties, the Republic of the Philippines O.R. (Accountable Form No. 51) should be issued.

All O.R.s must be submitted to PhilHealth within 30 working days from receipt of payment/reimbursement by accredited health care providers. For O.R.s submitted through mail, the date of reckoning shall be the date stamped as received by the post office. A system shall be instituted/installed at PhilHealth Regional Offices and Service Offices to monitor compliance herewith which may affect future reimbursements from the Corporation.

For strict compliance.

Adopted: 15 Sept. 2005

(SGD.) LORNA O. FAJARDO
Officer-in-Charge
Office of the President and CEO