Center for Health and Development Ilocos
Universal Health Care Act
RA No. 11223
Jay V. Dulay, RM, RN Harold Paulo T. Mejia, MAN, RN
Development Management Officer IV Development Management Officer IV
The Universal Health Care (UHC) Law
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte signed RA UHC Implementing Rules and Regulations
No. 11223 on February 20, 2019 (IRR) was signed on October 10, 2019
Principles of UHC
Integrated and
Everyone is actively Financial Risk
Comprehensive People at the Center
participating Protection
Approach
Ensure health
literacy, Whole-of-system
Centered on people’s access to a
Healthy living Whole-of- 3
needs and well-being comprehensive health
government
Protection from services without causing
Whole-of-society
hazards and risks approach financial hardship
The Scope of UHC
POPULATION SERVICE FINANCIAL
COVERAGE COVERAGE COVERAGE
All Filipinos are PhilHealth Immediate eligibility and Reduce out-of-pocket
Members access to primary care expenditure for health
health services
Guarantees of UHC
UHC ensures that NO PATIENT UHC ensures STRENGTHENED
WILL BE LEFT ALONE PRIMARY CARE/COMMUNITY
HEALTH
Creation of health networks that will navigate “Prevention is always
the patients throughout the process of their better than Cure”
Health Care Needs
HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER
NETWORK
Strengthened Primary Care Model
CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ENHANCING
PRIMARY CARE SERVICES
CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ENHANCING
PRIMARY CARE SERVICES
Every Juan and Juana is
matched to a primary care provider
who ensures that they get the
appropriate services they need in
the appropriate facility.
UHC = QUALITY HEALTH SERVICES
Guarantees of UHC
LGUs will be provided with additional funding for Health Services
Through the pooled fund or Special Health Fund (SHF)
SHF: Sources and Allowable Expenses
Joint Memorandum Circular 2021- 0001
Guidelines On The Allocation,Utilization and Monitoring of, And Accountability For, The Special Health Fund
(Pooled Fund)
DEFINING POPULATION-BASED AND
INDIVIDUAL-BASED HEALTH SERVICES
(Pooled Fund)
POPULATION-BASED HEALTH SERVICES
(Pooled Fund)
INDIVIDUAL-BASED HEALTH SERVICES
(Pooled Fund)
Improving Governance in the UHC Context
LOCAL CHIEF EXECUTIVES as CHAMPIONS OF HEALTH
● LGUs will be empowered to lead on Public Health in their areas.
● Health Governance is key to a Healthy Community.
● RA 11223 did not explicitly repeal Local Government Code
Managing the UHC: Province-Wide Health System
Provincial Health Board Provincial Health Office
• stewardship of the integrated local • technical services
health system • day-to-day operations
• setting of the policy and strategic
direction
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Functions of the Local Health Board (LHB)
Local Government Code RA 7160 UHC ACT RA 11223 (Additional)
Propose to Sanggunian Set the overall health policy directions and
concerned the annual budgetary strategic thrusts
allocations for Health
Oversee and coordinate the integration and
Serve as Advisory Committee to delivery of health services
Sanggunian concerned on health
matters
Manage the Special Health Fund (SHF)
Create committees which shall Exercise administrative and technical
advise local health agencies supervision over health facilities and health
consistent with the standards of human resources within their territorial
the DOH jurisdiction
Strengthening the Provincial Health Office
Sa pamamagitan ng UHC at
pakikipagtulungan ng Lokal na
Pamahalaan, LAHAT ay
PANALO!
Maraming Salamat!