TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2016

How to Apply for FREE PCSO Individual Medical

Assistance Program (IMAP)
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WHERE TO GO IF YOU HAVE NO PRIVATE HEALTH

INSURANCE OR you have no personal health insurance
and in dire need for health support in medical expenses?

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It is said that "Health is Wealth"

because in reality, if youre not healthy, youll end up
broke. And, yes, we cannot deny the fact that hospital bills
and medications are burden to a family. It worries not
only the hospitalized member but also the whole family.
PCSO is one of the qualified medical assistant as an
institution in helping our less fortunate kababayan. The
drugs and medicine are given to indigents as part of the
indigent drug program for medicine, and medical
assistance program.

Hence, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes

Office (PCSO) conceptualized the Individual Medical
Assistance Program (IMAP) to provide sufficient and
receptive financial assistance to individuals requesting for
medical health assistance. In this program, the indigent
individuals are the priority.
 QUALIFICATIONS TO BE A BENEFICIARY OF IMAP
To become a beneficiary of the said program, the
individual patient should be qualified in the following
criteria:
-The patient is confined in any health facility;
-The patient is receiving health care
management as outpatients; and
-The patient is seeking management in
foreign countries since no health facility in the Philippines
can provide such process.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS COVERAGE?
HEALTH SERVICES COVERAGE
1. Confinement currently admitted or discharged with
promissory note duly acknowledged by the health facility
2. Dialysis such as, but not limited to:
Hemodialysis
Peritoneal (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
[CAPD])
3. Cancer Treatment such as, but not limited to:
ChemotherapyCLICK FOR MORE DETAILS HERE

HOW TO APPLY TO PCSO IMAP

In order to apply for medical assistance, and for faster
processing time for application, it is advised to bring all the
following requirements:
 Guarantee Letters (GL) addressed to hospitals, diagnostic
laboratories, pharmacies and other health care facilities is
necessary to obtain medical assistance from IMAP.
It takes approximately two months for a beneficiary to claim financial
assistance from the PCSO, an unacceptable system according to Mareng
Winnie.

If the patient has fulfilled all the standards to be a

beneficiary, he/she can process the application by
preparing these documents:
1. Duly accomplished PCSO IMAP Application Form. It can be downloaded from
PCSO Official Website or CLICK HERE.
2. Valid ID of the Patient or the Representative. It can be any Government Issued
Identification or Company/ Student ID.
3. Original or Certified True Copy of Updated Medical Abstract/ Medical
Certificate of the patient with Doctors signature provided with license and
PTR number. If the patient requires wheelchair, Medical Certification will do.
4. Authorization/ Personal Letter: indicating the patients request for financial
assistance including the illness and the reason why he/she request for such
aid. It should be addressed to the current General Manager of PCSO.
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All the 4 requirements should be brought completely in the
PCSO Office together with some specific documents
depending
on your nature of request. Also, remember that its better
to bring extra copies of these documents if ever it is
needed.
FOR INQUIRIES
You may go to their Head Office or call them using the
following information:

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