July 16, 2012Dear Colleagues,My warmest greetings to all !I would like to inform the PCCP membership some issues regarding Philippine Medical Association (PMA)membership, categorization of physicians and Philhealth accreditation. Last June 16, 2012 PMA had ameeting with the presidents and specialty board chairmen of its component and affiliate societies. Thiswas followed last July 12, 2012 with a meeting with PMA and the PRC Board of Medicine. The followingwere discussed in these meetings:1)
Philhealth has signed a memorandum of agreement with PMA last May 2012 appointing PMA toregister physicians for Philhealth accreditation as a professional health care provider. Philhealthshall classify physicians following the PMA Classification of Categorization based on their specialty orsubspecialty, training or experience. In this agreement PMA will collect the Philhealth accreditationfee of five hundred pesos (Php 500.00) per year per physician (Php 1,500.00 for 3 years) and willremit it to Philhealth. This agreement shall effect on July 01, 2012.2)
PMA has extended its amnesty program to its delinquent members until September 30, 2012to givethem a chance to renew and update their PMA membership.A member with arrears may avail of theBalik PMA Program by paying Php 3,000.00 special assessment fee plus the current national andlocal dues. This payment shall write off arrears both national and local dues.The PMA is also urging the specialty/subspecialty societies to encourage all physicians to join thePhilippine Medical Association (PMA).3)
In response to the request of PMA to all specialty/subspecialty societies to extend a similar amnestyprogram to their members, the PCCP Board of Directors approved last June 19, 2012 a similaramnesty program for our members. PCCP members with unpaid back dues for 3 or more years shall
pay only three thousand pesos plus the current year’s membership fee. Those with one or two years
back dues shall pay the corresponding annual membership fees plus the current
year’s membership
fee.4)
In line with PMA’s important role in the regulation of the practice of medicine, I encourage all PCCP
members who are not yet PMA members to join this association. The role of PMA can be explainedin the following:The PRC and the Professional Regulatory Board of Medicine (PRBOM) are the only bodies expresslycreated by law to supervise, control and regulate the practice of medicine in the Philippines. PMA isthe accredited professional organization (APO) of PRC. Status/authority of the PMA emanate fromits being the professional organization recognized and accredited by the PRC and PRBOM.Therefore, the following are the official professional regulatory authorities (PRA) for the practice of medicine in the Philippines: (a) Professional Regulation Commission; (b) Board of Medicine; and (c)Philippine Medical Association. The PCCP is a component society of the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) which is one of the eight (8) recognized specialty divisions of the PMA. The PCCP,therefore is recognized by the PMA as a specialty society under the PCP.
Only specialty organizations, specialty boards, training programs accredited by the PMA arerecognized by the PRC and the PRB of Medicine
.Therefore, specialty organizations and specialtyboards also possess and wield regulatory functions in their own disciplines.5)
In the meeting PMA with various specialty divisions, specialty and subspecialty societies last June16, 2012, it was decided that three (3) tier classification of physicians be adapted as a transition,namely:(a)
Generalists
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physicians licensed by PRC to practice medicine in the country but have notcompleted training in an accredited training program(b)
Specialist / Subspecialist
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graduates of accredited training programs recognized by PMA andhave passed their certifying examinations.(c)
Board Eligibles
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graduates of accredited training programs who have not yet passed theircertifying examinations.However in the meeting last July 12, 2012, the PRC Board of Medicine reiterated only 2classificationsmade up of specialist/subspecialist and the generalist. They proposed that physiciansin areas without credentialed specialist be given 5 years to pass their certifying examinations.Since PMA is more concerned at present in ensuring that as many clients of Philhealth be served aspossible in congruence with the Universal Health Program of the Department of Health, it wasdecided that the 3 tier classification (specialist/subspecialist, board eligible, and generalists) beadapted as a transition.6)
In connection with the above agreement, the PMA has requested all specialty/ subspecialty societies
to submit their members’ categorization (specialist , subspecialist or board
-eligible) which will be
the basis for physicians’ Philhealth categorization.
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