{"id":54968,"date":"2015-07-09T14:17:46","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T06:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=54968"},"modified":"2025-01-14T22:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T03:41:12","slug":"philhealth-makes-premium-payment-easier-with-accredited-collecting-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/09\/philhealth-makes-premium-payment-easier-with-accredited-collecting-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"PhilHealth makes premium payment easier with accredited collecting agents"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40882\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40882\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/philhealth-e1424106155773.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40882\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/philhealth-e1424106155773.jpg\" alt=\"Philhealth Facebook page\" width=\"500\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/philhealth-e1424106155773.jpg 444w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/philhealth-e1424106155773-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philhealth Facebook page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) said on Thursday it has enhanced its efforts in providing convenience for employers in the government and private sectors&#8217; task of paying contributions.<\/p>\n<p>With a new policy guidelines, PhilHealth said that paying of premium contributions of employers and employees can now be done at any of the accredited collecting agents (ACAs) or e-payment facilities of PhilHealth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new policy, which was articulated in PhilHealth Circular 009-2015, mandatorily requires employers with 11 or more employees to remit their premium payments directly to ACAs of their choice and not to PhilHealth offices,\u201d PhilHealth President and CEO Atty.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cialis soft tabs online <a href=\"https:\/\/drbrassie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cialis-soft-tabs.html\">drbrassie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cialis-soft-tabs.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Alexander A. Padilla said.<\/p>\n<p>The new policy will make premium remittances more convenient to employers and will free them from long queues in PhilHealth Local Health Insurance offices, especially during deadlines, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The PhilHealth chief said they came out with the policy to ensure that hassle-free transactions are being enjoyed by the more than 86 million beneficiaries of PhilHealth nationwide.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy super cialis online <a href=\"https:\/\/drbrassie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/super-cialis.html\">drbrassie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/super-cialis.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>He also said that through the new policy, a more efficient posting of premium payments can be made.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, clarified that mandatory payment in ACAs shall not apply to micro-firms or businesses with less than 11 employees, including employers of kasambahays; or employers with 11 or more employees but are located in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas where there are no available ACAs or internet service providers.<\/p>\n<p>The PhilHealth earlier announced that employers in both government and private sectors shall also adopt the Electronic Premium Reporting System or EPRS for the online submission of their remittance reports.<\/p>\n<p>For employers in areas where there are ACAs but no internet connectivity, they can still submit their soft copy remittance reports to the nearest PhilHealth office.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy vibramycin online <a href=\"https:\/\/drbrassie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/vibramycin.html\">drbrassie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/vibramycin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>PhilHealth also reminded the employers to pay in accordance with PhilHealth Circular 001-2014 which provides that employers with PhilHealth Employer Numbers (PENs) ending in 0-4 should remit their premiums within the 11th\u2013 15th day of the month following the applicable period.<\/p>\n<p>Those with PENs ending in 5-9 should remit their premiums on the 16th-20th of the month following the applicable period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) said on Thursday it has enhanced its efforts in providing convenience for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":40882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284436,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54968\/revisions\/284436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}