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August 2014
businessWeek
Employers reminded of health insurance obligations
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The VBP BusiNess Team visayanbizpost.com
ORMOC CITY –– The Philippine Health Insur- ance Corporation (Phil- health) here conducted an employer’s forum to dis- cuss the health insurance corporation’s accounts management strategy, new premium payment sched- ule, health benefits and programs with government and private employers from different parts of Leyte.
Theforumwasthefirstin a region–wide information dissemination campaign that Philhealth intends to conduct in Eastern Visayas.
Misael F. Paigan, Chief of the Local Health Insur- ance Office in Ormoc told
the Visayan Business Post News Team that the forum focused on new require- ments under the imple- menting rules and regula- tions of the National Health Insurance Act of 2013.
“The law calls for em- ployers to prepare and remit their employee’s premium contributions on or before the date pre- scribed by the corpora- tion” Paigan stressed.
Reports involving con- tributions are now direct- ed to be submitted within five(5)daysafterpayment.
“Philhealth took the fo- rum as an opportunity to remind employers of an existing provision in the law prescribing monetary interest and penalties for an employer’s failure to ap-
propriately remit premium contributions”, Paigan said. The Philippine Depart- ment of Health has man- dated the implementa- tion of frameworks for the achievement of Universal Health Care, otherwise known as Kalusugang Pangkalahatan (KP) Pro- gram, for all Filipinos. The National Health In- surance Act mandates Phil- health to assign a unique and permanent Philhealth Identification Number to all its members including each of their dependents for purposes of identifica- tion, eligibility verifica- tion and health insurance utilization recording. Government has now made it mandatory for members of the so called
Formal Economy. Members of the ‘formal economy’ composed of government and private employ- ers listen intently to new requirements governing the health insurance law. (Photo by JnGrey)
‘formal economy’ such as government employees, private employees, in- cluding workers render-
VBP BusiNess News Team
North Leyte
PASTRANA, LEYTE – Leading Manila construc- tion corporation Vista- Green Builders Inc. will soon rebuild the roof of the Catholic Church in Pastra- na, Leyte.
VistaGreen executive Engineer Avito T. Opini- ano told Visayan Business Post that his company has been tasked to design and to execute construction of the new roof of the church that was utterly destroyed by super typhoon Haiyan.
“The firm’s services will be for free”, said Engr. Opiniano who grew up in
ing services as job order contractors, project based contractors, owners of pri- vate businesses, household
Pastrana.
Funding for the P2.5 mil-
lion project is currently be- ing raised through various donations with Rev. Fr. Arthur T. Opiniano of the St. Paul the Apostle Parish, Diocese of Cubao, Quezon City, leading the effort. The St. Paul the Apos- tle Parish earlier adopted Pastrana Leyte for various rehabilitation and mercy programs.
“We have finalized the engineering design for the church’s roof with the end in view of building better and stronger”, disclosed Engr. Opiniano who added that building materials for the project will come from Manila.
“The town would also welcome additional dona-
helps, and family drivers among others to adopt this system of record- ing for health insurance.
tions for the repair of its pastoral center, Angeli- cum school building and the parish’s convent, all of which were damaged by the typhoon”, Engr. Opini- ano added.
The land-locked muni- ciplaity of Pastrana Leyte was one of the towns se- verely affected by Typhoon Haiyan on 8 November 2013.
VistaGreen Builders helping to rebuild Pastrana church
For your donations, please contact the local parish church of Pastrana Leyte, or visit The Opini- ano Foundation on Facebook
rEhabilitation. The church of Pastrana, Leyte (seen here before typhoon Haiyan struck) will undergo reconstruction of its roof which was destroyed by the super typhoon in 2013.
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