Publishing the Full Text of PhilHealth Circular No. 24-2005

March 22, 2007 REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 33-07 SUBJECT : Publishing the Full Text of PhilHealth Circular No. 24-2005, on the Issuance of Official Receipts for PhilHealth Reimbursements TO : All Internal Revenue Officials, Employees and Others Concerned For the information and guidance of all internal revenue officials, employees and others concerned, quoted hereunder is the full text of PhilHealth Circular No. 24-2005, dated Sept. 15, 2005, requiring accredited health care facilities and providers to issue official receipts for PhilHealth reimbursements: "PHILHEALTH CIRCULAR No. 24, s-2005 TO : ACCREDITED HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND ALL CONCERNED SUBJECT : Issuance of Official Receipts for PhilHealth Reimbursements 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.s) of their Medicare reimbursements effective October 1, 2005. MODE REIMBURSED BY PRESCRIBED MODE OF ISSUANCE PHILHEALTH OF O.R. TO PHILHEALTH Check payment received Send through mail/submit personally/ through mail have it hand-carried by authorized representative May initially issue provisional receipt Check payment picked-up by (P.R.) and, later, issue corresponding authorized representatives O.R. upon pick-up of succeeding from PhilHealth Office checks. Both O.R./P.R. should indicate the check number/s, date and the corresponding amount/s received. Await receipt of Professional Fee Payment Notice (PFPN) from Professional Fee (PF) paid PhilHealth. Thereafter, submit O.R. through Auto credit System 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 facilities, 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. DECSIT For strict compliance. (sgd.) LORNA O. FAJARDO Officer-in-charge Office of the President and CEO Date signed: 9/15/05" All concerned are hereby enjoined to be guided accordingly and give this circular as wide a publicity as possible. (SGD.) JOSE MARIO C. BUAG Commissioner of Internal Revenue