PhilHealth releases list of employers who fail to remit, update workers' contributions

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) on Thursday released a list of employers who failed to remit and post an update on their workers’ contributions to the social health insurance fund.

The agency uploaded on its website the complete list of non-remitting and/or non-reporting employers as of February 2022.

“These employers or their employees are given 30 days upon web upload to visit the nearest PhilHealth Office in their localities to verify or validate their status and settle their outstanding obligations,” PhilHealth said.

“Non-compliance shall be subject to Title X (Penal Offenses and Penalties), Rule II (Offenses of Employers) of the Revised IRR of the NHI Act of 2013,” it said.

The Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act of 2013 prescribes a fine of not less than P5,000 but not more than P10,000 multiplied by the total number of employees of the firm for non-remittance, under-remittance or selective remittance of premiums or non-submission or posting of remittance reports.

PhilHealth said that pursuant to Section 6.f of the Revised IRR, the state health insurer is mandated to establish and maintain an updated membership and contribution database.

Section 15 of the IRR provides that among the obligations of the employer are the registration of their employees, payment of contributions, and submission of remittance reports. 

“As such, employers who have not had any premium remittances and/or have not submitted their reports on premium payments are therefore considered non-compliant,” PhilHealth said. —VBL, GMA News