PhilHealth- CSR of ILECO 1

PhilHealth- CSR of ILECO 1

Iloilo Electric Cooperative (ILECO) 1 enrolled their member-consumers to the National Health Insurance program. As such, it will shoulder the yearly premium contributions. Under sponsored program, premium is shared by the Sponsor with the counterpart paid by the government thru PhilHealth.

Initially, ILECO 1 prioritized the head of the family so that all the qualified immediate kin can also benefit the social health program.

15 LGUs under its jurisdiction were tasked and became signatories to the tripartite Memorandum of Agreement forged with ILECO1 and PhilHealth. Their social welfare office identified indigent members screened through the conduct of means test. Part of the requirements was the passage of LGU Resolution adopting the program and every LGU supported the project.

Under the program, members with their dependents can avail PhilHealth benefits during the effectivity of their Philhealth cards. There are 694 PhilHealth ID card turned-over by PhilHealth to ILECO 1 and these will benefit around 4,000 beneficiaries this year.

Aside from the regular hospital benefits, sponsored members and dependents can avail free consultation and diagnostic procedures from Rural Health Units, avail 1st to 4th normal delivery package from accredited Maternity Centers and free tuberculosis treatment from any of the accredited TB-DOTS Center. Above to this, a Capitation Fund will be doled out by PhilHealth to the LGUs - 300 pesos per sponsored member to augment RHU medical finances in catering the needs of indigent PhilHealth patients.

During the MOA signing held last September 4, 2009 LCEs attended were mayors or their representatives. But the following LCEs took effort to be physically present and these include Vic Tabaquirao of Tubungan, 2nd district mayors, Arcadio Gorriceta of Pavia and Greg Villarico of San Miguel and Mayor Ramon Yee of Cabatuan. The rest had their representatives except for Tigbauan and Oton, while Mayor Ninfa Garin who earlier sent VM Aquiles Alcalde and their SBs, Cristine Garin of Guimbal and Juliet Flores of Miagao joined later.

MOA assignatories were ILECO 1 President Atty. Salvador P. Cabaluna III, RVP Alberto C. Manduriao for PhilHealth and the respective Local Chief Executives (LCE).

Witnessing the event were the members of the electric cooperative board together with its employees, and Engr. Raynaldo Sobusa who consistently made coordination for its realization.

“There is no politics here”, emphasized by Engr. Wilfred Billena, ILECO 1 General Manager, “we are just doing our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to help our stakeholders”, he added. He pledged to continue this endeavor and assured to increase their beneficiaries next year.

“It’s the 1st in Region VI and we are very happy that this program is recognized as vehicle for Corporate Social Responsibility, a new trend in management, especially by ILECO 1 institution”, Lourdes F. Diocson, PhilHealth Field Operation Chief explained. (Larry T. Tabsing)