Core requirement: use PhilHealth numbers
- PhilHealth Circular No. 25, s. 2002 requires all concerned members and employers to use their PhilHealth Numbers to expedite specified PhilHealth transactions.
- The Circular directs the use of the PhilHealth Identification Number (PIN) for members.
- The Circular directs the use of the PhilHealth Employer Number (PEN) for employers.
- The Circular makes number use central to expediting premium remittance, proper posting of premium contributions, and benefit claims availment.
- The Circular states that the PIN/PEN system is vital for building PhilHealth’s database containing records of members, including dependents and employers of the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP).
Employer PEN registration and member PIN issuance
- Employers who have not been issued their PhilHealth Employer Number (PEN) must register with any of the PhilHealth offices nationwide.
- Employees who have not been issued their PhilHealth Identification Numbers (PIN) must coordinate with their respective employers to facilitate issuance.
- Employers and employees in both government and private sectors are covered by these registration and coordination directions.
Retirees and pensioners enrolment
- Retirees and pensioners from the government and private sector who are treated as Non-Paying Members (NPM) are encouraged to formally enlist with PhilHealth.
- Formal enlistment is for purposes of the issuance of PhilHealth ID cards that indicate their PINs.
Required registration forms
- Concerned parties must duly accomplish and submit the applicable registration form(s) to any PhilHealth office.
- Employed sector Government Sector Employers and Employees must accomplish: Er1G - Employer Data Record, Er2 - Report of Employee-Members, and M1a - Member Data Record.
- Employed sector Private Sector Employers and Employees must accomplish: Er1P - Employer Record, Er2 - Report of Employee-Members, and M1a - Member Data Record.
- Individually Paying Members (IPM) must accomplish: M1b - Member Data Record.
- Non-Paying Members (NPM) must accomplish: M1c - Member Data Record.
Effect on transactions and database building
- The Circular provides that the use of PhilHealth-issued PIN/PEN facilitates premium remittance.
- The Circular provides that the use of PhilHealth-issued PIN/PEN supports proper posting of premium contributions.
- The Circular provides that the use of PhilHealth-issued PIN/PEN facilitates in benefit claims availment.
- The Circular provides that PIN/PEN use is vital for establishing PhilHealth’s database containing all necessary records of members, including their dependents and employers under the NHIP.