Policy purpose and operating model
- Premium payments are acknowledged through accountable and non-accountable forms tailored to the payer’s transaction steps.
- Members must accomplish a PPPS for each payment transaction made through an ACA.
- ACAs must validate and issue the PAR once the PPPS and payment are received.
- Electronic or e-payment channels acknowledge premium payments through an Electronic Receipt or an ACA payment slip approved by PhilHealth, depending on the applicable payment arrangement.
Definitions: PPPS and PAR
- PPPS is a non-accountable form accomplished by members when paying PhilHealth premiums.
- PAR is an accountable form issued by ACAs to acknowledge premium payments from paying members and employers.
- The PAR is generated and validated based on the information supplied through the PPPS.
PPPS: required member action and data fields
- Paying members must properly accomplish the PPPS and provide the required information.
- The PPPS must include:
- PhilHealth Employer Number (PEN)/PhilHealth Identification Number (PIN)/PhilHealth Organized Group Number (POGN).
- Payor Name (complete member/business/agency name).
- Member Type (Voluntary/OFW/Sponsor/Private/Government).
- Applicable Period of premium contribution.
- Amount to be paid.
- Paying members must submit the properly accomplished PPPS and premium payment to the ACA’s teller/cashier.
- Paying members must receive and keep validated copies of the PAR according to the required distribution rules:
- Original copy (white) is the paying member’s file copy.
- 4th copy (yellow) is required to be handled as follows:
- If the payer is an employer, the yellow copy is attached to the Employer’s Remittance Report (RF-1).
- If the payer is an Individually Paying Member, the yellow copy is submitted directly to the nearest PhilHealth Members Assistance Center (PMAC).
PAR: ACA validation and copy distribution
- Upon receipt of an accomplished PPPS and premium contribution, the ACA’s teller/cashier must validate the PAR using the information stated in the PPPS.
- The validated PAR must be distributed in the following manner:
- Original (white) and 4th copy (yellow) are returned to the paying member.
- 2nd copy (pink) is filed as the ACA’s file copy.
- 3rd copy (green) must be attached together with the accomplished PPPS to the ACA’s Abstract of Daily Collection (RF-2).
Form replacement and transaction flow
- Effective July 1, 2010, the existing Contribution Payment Return (CPR) forms (ME-5, MI-5, and Min-5) are replaced by the unified accountable payment receipt called the PhilHealth Agent’s Receipt (PAR).
- PARs are issued by ACAs to acknowledge premium payments from paying members and employers.
- Paying members must accomplish the PhilHealth Premium Payment Slip (PPPS) for the payment transaction and submit it to the ACA’s teller/cashier.
- The flow for ACA processing is: receiving accomplished PPPS → receiving premium payment → validating and issuing PAR → distributing PAR copies and attaching required documents to daily collection and remittance reports.
Requests, monitoring, and implementation responsibilities
- PhilHealth Regional Offices (PhROs) shall accept requests for PPPS and revised PAR from ACAs within their area of jurisdiction starting April 5, 2010.
- PhROs shall monitor and ensure that PPPS and revised PAR are available as needed by ACAs pursuant to PhilHealth Office Order No. 87, s. 2009.
Electronic acknowledgment and payment slips
- Premium payments remitted through ACAs with electronic facilities (including E-Payment, Bills Payment Scheme, Mobile Phone Banking, and similar arrangements) are acknowledged by an Electronic Receipt or an ACA’s payment slip.
- The applicable acknowledgment instrument is the one approved by the Corporation for the applicable electronic payment arrangement.
Inventory turnover for CPR forms
- ACAs must return remaining inventories of the former CPRs at the nearest PhROs starting July 1, 2010.
- PhROs must forward the unused CPRs to the Office of the Group Vice President, Member Management Group for proper disposal.