Philhealth Payments — Where to Pay Premiums or Contributions

January 16, 2011 · Filed Under Banks, philhealth · 34 Comments 

Aside from Philhealth offices and branches, where do we make our Philhealth payments or where do we pay our Philhealth premiums or Philhealth contributions?

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Cheapest Checking Account in the Philippines

January 16, 2011 · Filed Under Banks · 80 Comments 

If you’re looking for the cheapest checking account in the Philippines, check out the

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Philhealth Maternity Benefits

January 9, 2011 · Filed Under philhealth · 657 Comments 

Update as of August 17, 2011: Philhealth will start implementing its Case Rates Payment system for maternity cases and certain other medical/surgical cases for patients admitted starting September 1, 2011.

For Normal Spontaneous Delivery (NSD) in Level 1 hospitals and in lying-in facilities, maternity clinics, RHUs and birthing facilities, the total Philhealth payment will be 8,000 pesos (6,500 for the facility and health professional and 1,500 for prenatal care).

For NSD in Levels 2 to 4 hospitals, the total Philhealth payment will be 6,500 pesos (5,000 for the facility and health professional and 1,500 for prenatal care).

For delivery by Caesarian Section (CS) in accredited Levels 2 to 4 hospitals and performed by accredited health professionals, the Philhealth fixed payment will be 19,000 pesos.

The Newborn Care Package (NCP) has been increased from 1,000 to 1,750 pesos. NCP includes physical examination, eye prophylaxis, Vitamin K administration, BCG Vaccination, first dose of Hepatitis B immunization, newborn screening tests, and breastfeeding advice.

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Several readers are asking about Philhealth maternity benefits.  Based on recent Philhealth circulars and advisories, here are some bits of info:

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Top 27 Savings Banks in the Philippines — or Top 27 Thrift Banks

January 2, 2011 · Filed Under BDO, BPI, Banks, Metrobank · 11 Comments 

Here are the top 27 savings banks or thrift banks in the Philippines, based on number

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List of Banks in the Philippines — Universal Banks, Commercial Banks

January 1, 2011 · Filed Under BDO, BPI, Banks · 16 Comments 

These are the 38 universal and commercial banks in the Philippines, ranked according to number of offices, based on data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) or Central Bank of the Philippines.

Universal banks are bigger in scope than commercial banks. They are authorized to do all what commercial banks are authorized to do, in addition to all banking activities which investment banks are authorized to do.

Included are their telephone numbers and number of offices or full-service branches.

UNIVERSAL BANKS:

1.   Banco de Oro Unibank, Inc.
636-6060,  633-9842,  702-6001,  702-6000,  702-6242
746 offices

2.   Bank of the Philippine Islands
89-100 — 671 offices

3.   Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company
898-8000,  812-4341 — 576 offices

4.   Land Bank of the Philippines
522-0000 local 7388,  551-2200,  405-7388,  405-7649
338 offices

5.   Philippine National Bank
891-6258,  551-2950 — 338 offices

6.   Allied Banking Corporation
816-3311 to 99,  818-7961,  816-6891 — 287 offices

7.   China Banking Corporation
841-1101,  885-5555,  885-5402 — 243 offices

8.   Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation
894-9000,  894-9995 — 227 offices

9.   Union Bank of the Philippines
813-5715,  892-0011,  893-8613,  813-5715
180 offices

10.   United Coconut Planters Bank
811-9000,  841-0740 — 178 offices

11.   Security Bank Corporation
818-7677,  867-6733,  818-6788,  867-6788,  885-7065
125 offices

12.   Development Bank of the Philippines
818-9511 to 20 loc 3801 to 3802,  893-8958
78 offices

13.   Philippine Trust Company
524-9061 — 50 offices

14.   Al-Amanah Islamic Investment Bank of the Philippines
816-4258 to 62,  816-4267,  893-4350
9 offices

15.   Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
581-7700 — 8 offices

16.   Standard Chartered Bank
886-7888,  878-2855 — 6 offices

17.   ANZ Banking Group Ltd.
841-7777 — 1 office

18.   Deutsche Bank AG
894-6888,  894-6900 — 1 office

19.   Internationale Nederlanden Groep Bank N.V. – Manila Branch
840-8888,  840-8881,  479-8888,  479-8881,  479-8888
1 office

20.   Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. – Manila Branch
848-0001 to 10,  860-3558,  860-3500,  860-3556
1 office

COMMERCIAL BANKS:

1.   Bank of Commerce
810-0672,  812-0000,  817-4906,  817-4905
117 offices

2.   East West Banking Corporation
830-8999,  816-0603, 815-0233,  816-0609
94 offices

3.   Philippine Bank of Communications
830-7288,  830-7000,  893-3448
64 offices

4.   Philippine Veterans Bank
902-1700,  902-1708,  894-3919,  894-3919,  751-5000
60 offices

5.   Asia United Bank Corporation
636-6107,  636-6888,  631-3333
53 offices

6.   Export and Industry Bank, Inc.
878-0818,  878-0397,  878-0000,  878-9000,  887-9940,  878-9100
50 offices

Closed on April 26, 2012 by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Taken over by the PDIC on April 27, 2012
First commercial bank to fail since the year 2000 when Urban Bank failed. It acquired failed Urban Bank in 2001

7.   Maybank Philippines, Inc.
521-0096,  523-7777 — 50 offices

8.   Chinatrust (Phils.) Commercial Bank Corporation
811-8503,  848-5519,  811-8501
24 offices

9.   BDO Private Bank, Inc.
848-6300,  848-6555 — 6 offices

10.   Citibank, N.A.
894-7700,  894-9120,  894-6888
6 offices

11.   Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd.
752-0879 — 1 office

12.   Bank of America, N.A.
815-5600,  815-5000,  815-5800,  815-2217
1 office

13.   Bank of China Limited-Manila Branch
885-0111 — 1 office

14.  The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
886-7401,  886-7371 loc 110
1 office

15.   JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

878-1101,  885-7700 — 1 office

16.   Korea Exchange Bank
848-1775,  848-1988,  814-2178
1 office

17.   Mega International Commercial Bank Co., Ltd.
811-5807 to 14 loc. 10,  818-5807 to 13
1 office

18.   Robinsons Bank Corp.
884-3900,  884-3988,  884-2000,  884-3746
1 office

Note:  We moved Deutsche Bank from commercial to universal Oct 15, 2011 upon seeing change on BSP list.

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