RepublicofthePhilippines
DepartmentofHealth
OFFICEOFTHESECRETARY
MAY142020
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER
No.2020—_0014
SUBJECT:GuidelinesontheServiceDeliveryDesignofHealthCareProvider
Networks
I.RATIONALE
TheUniversalHealthCare(UHC)ActorRepublicAct11223isanchoredonan
integratedandcomprehensiveapproachforthehealthsystemtoensurethatallFilipinos
arehealthliterate,providedwithhealthylivingconditions,andprotectedfromhazards
andrisksthatcouldaffecttheirhealth.
Section18oftheUHCActprovidestheformationofhealthcareprovidernetworks
(HCPNs)thatensureintegrationandeffectiveandefficientdeliveryofpopulation-
basedandindividual-basedhealthservices.HCPNsmaybecomposedofintegrated
localhealthsystems(theprovince-wideorcity-widehealthsystems),networksof
privatehealthcareproviderstocomplementthehealthservicesprovidedbypublic
healthfacilities,ormixedpublic-privatenetworksofhealthserviceproviders.In
addition,theDOHismandatedtoidentifyapexorend-referralhospitalsforpatients
needingspecializedcarenotavailablewithintheHCPNs.
UHCImplementingRulesandRegulations(IRR)inSection18providesthatHCPNs
shallreceiveperformancedriven,closed-end,prospectivepaymentsfromPhilHealth
basedondiagnosis-relatedgroupings.Apexorend-referralhospitalsmaybecontracted
asstand-alonefacilitiesbyPhilHealth.
TosupporttheimplementationoftheUHCActanditsIRR,andtoensurethatall
Filipinoshaveaccesstoqualityhealthcare,thefollowingguidelinesareherebyissued.
II.OBJECTIVES
A.GeneralObjective
ThisOrdershallsetthestandardsofHCPNsandapexhospitalstoensurethatthe
continuumofcareisdeliveredthroughapeople-centeredandintegratedhealthsystem.
B.SpecificObjectives
ToprovidetherequirementsoftheHCPNs;
Todevelopthemechanismforafunctionalreferralsystem;
Toestablishguidelinesforthedesignationofapexhospitals;and,
Toprovideguidelinesfortheestablishmentofpublichealthunitsinhospitals.
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