The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) announced a health benefits package to cover home isolation of mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 patients.
The COVID-19 Home Isolation Benefit Package (CHIBP) can help free up hospital beds for COVID-19 patients who need a high level of care.
Those who are eligible for home isolation benefits can choose their preferred CHIBP provider from a list posted on PhilHealth’s website.
Services under CHIBP include home consultations for a minimum of 10 days, daily monitoring of patients that may be done through teleconsultation, and provision of a home isolation kit. The package, which offers coverage of P5,917 per claim, also includes other services such as patient education and referral to a higher-level facility, if needed. To read more, please click.
Source: Philippine Health Insurance Corporation
