The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has implemented its latest payment window called Remittance-By-Air (RBA). According to Dr. Rey Aquino, PHIC President and Chief Executive Officer of said R-B-A facility,
such endeavor aims to increase collection and sustain premium remittance of informal sector workers under the Individually Paying Program.
The R-B-A was developed for PhilHealth as a payment facility that can be accessed by IPMs through their mobile phones with regular pre-paid loads.
Through this, IPMs may simply text PHIC (space) PhilHealth Identification Number (PIN) and send to 7442 to remit their monthly premium to PhilHealth. A minimum load of P115.00 is required to access the payment mechanism which is initially to open to pre-paid subscribers of Smart and Talk N Text.