DOH readies new rules for aid program

The Department of Health (DOH) said the new guidelines for the Medical Assistance for Indigent and Financially Incapacitated Patients (Maifip) will be released in February.

“The guidelines will be based on the directive of President Marcos that guarantee letters from elected officials are no longer needed to foot the bill of patients in hospitals),” the DOH said in a statement on Saturday.

Under the new guidelines, the benefit coverage will be expanded to ambulatory care, ambulatory surgical clinics, eye centers, ophthalmology services, dental services, free-standing dialysis clinics, and Food and Drug Administration-approved medicines.

It will also include the 100-percent inclusion coverage of doctors’ professional fees in line with DOH guidelines.

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From P41 billion under the 2025 General Appropriations Act, the Maifip funding increased this year to P51.6 billion, which will serve as basis for the new guidelines set to be released by DOH before the end of next month.