Pro-tips for Parents in Applying Their Student Child as a PhilHealth Member

Pro-tips for Parents in Applying Their Student Child as a PhilHealth Member

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4 Oct, 2021

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As a parent, you must secure your child’s future in all aspects— especially when it comes to financial and health aspects. There are numerous responsibilities that they need to prioritize as they grow old.

As early as you can, prepare them with these obligations to avoid conflict in the future. One of these is applying for an identification card (ID card) in different government agencies.

Just like what you did in the past on finding a job, it is important to acquire various government issued ID cards— specifically a PhilHealth ID card. Not only is it needed for a job requirement, it offers extensive health care benefits.

Nowadays, preventing illness and serious injuries are challenging things to maintain especially when we are not backed-up with any healthcare insurance. However, it is our responsibility to  find solutions about this matter but how can we achieve this?

Fortunately, PhilHealth caters various benefits whenever we are hospitalized. Several Filipinos are unable to pay their hospital bills due to the high cost of health care available. This is why the majority of people apply for PhilHealth to finance their treatment.

Health Care Solutions of PhilHealth

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You may think that for a student, PhilHealth is absolutely not for them since they are not looking for a job or legal purposes. However, illness is inevitable, therefore having medical insurance is helpful in the event that you do require it. That is why PhilHealth functions as an agency rooted from the government capable of giving medical help and healthcare privileges to the people.

Benefits of PhilHealth Member

Knowing that PhilHealth offers extensive benefits to its members, it is better to inform your child about these also! This government-based healthcare agency is an aid for the people in alleviating their health-related circumstances.

1.Benefits of being an outpatient

You can also consider PhilHealth to finance for a variety of outpatient services even if you do not consider treatment at the moment. 

Ambulatory or day procedures are non-emergency treatments that allow patients to be returned home the same day. Ambulatory or day operations are fractionally covered by PhilHealth. It can be obtained at PhilHealth-accredited ambulatory surgical facilities.

2. TSEKAP

Consultations, frequent blood assessments, digital rectal assessments, regular breast exams, and counseling are all included in the program. It can also be utilized to perform screening procedures such as urinalysis, comprehensive blood count, and chest x-ray.

3. Benefits inclined to MDG

One of the amazing features of PhilHealth is that you can acquire benefits for treatment that extends to Philhealth’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG). These MDG-related comorbidities include HIV/AIDS, Malaria, animal-caused injuries, and tuberculosis.

I can assure you right now that you might be stressing out on how to apply your kid in this agency since there are efficient benefits offered. However, is it possible for a student to register for PhilHealth? The answer is yes.

Ways on How to Become a PhilHealth Member

To recognize the student as a dependent, the principal member should proceed to the PhilHealth center and present his or her PhilHealth Member Registration Form (PMRF) including the requirements listed. For the list of other identification cards and documents, you may access them here (situated in Annex A page of the document).

Requirements Need for Membership

1.If your child is a student and considered younger than 21 years old, whether they are a legitimate child or not. You may bring either of the following documents:

  1. Birth certificate or;
  2. Any valid IDs/documents in Table 1.2 and 2

If your child is a student and considered younger than 21 years old, and adopted, kindly present a resolution of adoption/court decree. An individual must also present the following

2. Birth certificate; and any of the two (2) valid documents/IDs:

  • One from 1.2 and    
  • One from 2

3. Does the legal system recognize your kid as a stepchild, and currently a student below 21 years of age? Then you will need these documents:

Natural parent and step parent’s marriage certificate; and any of the following:

  • Birth Certificate of the adopted child; or
  • Any two (2) valid ID’s/documents. One from table 1.2 and one from table 2

Comprehensive Steps on How to Register for PhilHealth

Everyone can be an eligible member of PhilHealth. As their first contribution, you need to settle it since it serves as the entry payment prior or after their registration. Avoid re-application if they  are an existing member of the system and you wish to modify your membership type. 

In guiding their first step in registering for PhilHealth, there are two possible ways. Anyone can file with PhilHealth online registration or at a PhilHealth branch by filling out a walk-in form. Either the online and manual registration procedures are exclusive for first-time registrants.

PhilHealth online registration

1.Go to the PhilHealth Electronic Registration System

Access the PhilHealth online registration site here in starting their first step. Since there is a possible occurrence of inevitable technical problems, the electronic system registration system is occasionally unavailable. Simply wait a few moments and reload the site frequently.

After they have logged in, select the Proceed option. Finally, to agree to the Terms and Conditions, tick the box. Then press the Accept button

2. Complete the PhilHealth Online Reg Form

The PhilHealth online application is basic to accomplish. They must correctly complete out the necessary details marked with an asterisk (*) on their registration form PhilHealth in order to proceed with their registration.

Usually, filling out the district section can be tricky for most people living in Metro Manila. To avoid this mistake, they can click here for more information. No need to worry about zip code since it will be automatically filled out after they input their complete address.

Select the appropriate membership type under the Membership Category Information segment. If they graduated recently or are a college student enrolling in PhilHealth for your requirement prior to applying for a job, select “Others.” Also, minors fall under this category.

3. Submitting their PhilHealth requirements

If they want to present their documents to PhilHealth in person, leave this step blank. However, it is considerably more practical to accomplish this electronically.

Take decent pictures of their PhilHealth registration documents and store the file on your device. Each file should not exceed 2MB in size and in the format of JPEG, PNG, PDF, or GIF.

Afterwards, as displayed on their window, enter the Captcha code. And tick the box to verify that their information is true and accurate. Finally, select the Submit Registration button to complete your registration.

4. Wait For Confirmation Message

They should get a response from PhilHealth e-Registration System within a few moments of processing your application. It includes a verification link that they will need to access to finish their PhilHealth online registration.

Check for the email in their Spam or Bulk e-mail section if it is not in their inbox

5. Receiving of their PhilHealth Number

They will get an additional email with a transaction number after their registration has been validated, which they may use to check on the status of their registration. It also contains the email address of the PhilHealth office nearby, to which you can go for your additional concerns.

Manual Registration in PhilHealth

1.Satisfy the PhilHealth Membership Registration Requirement

Visit any proximate PhilHealth establishment and submit their registration form PhilHealth. After this, you must attentively recheck your credentials before its encoding onto the system

2. Send Contribution to PhilHealth

Deposit their payment at the Transaction Processor’s window. If they register at a mall’s PhilHealth Express, they will be directed to the closest approved collection partner to settle the balance

3. Receive their PhilHealth ID and PhilHealth MDR

Submit the OR to the PhilHealth staff who handled your application. Following that, the officer will generate and distribute a copy of their OR, ID and, and PhilHealth MDR (Member Data Record).

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Now that you know about the best way to start their first step on how to become a PhilHealth member, you should be always mindful of some instances during their application. Warnings may be directed on some fixers as it is considered illegal. Their PhilHealth documents are confidential information so keep it private in all aspects.

Keep in mind that any form of application for being a PhilHealth member, such as PhilHealth online registration or passing the PhilHealth form manually, is designated for new applicants only. As this is their first step in applying, your guidance and knowledge will help them get through this.

For more inquiries kindly refer to these official contacts of PhilHealth:

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