Newborn Screening Fees.
Section 14
SEC. 14. Newborn Screening Fees. — The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) shall include the cost of hearing loss screening in its benefit package. Such screening test may include among others testing costs, registry, follow-up and the reasonable overhead expenses. For this purpose, the PHIC shall develop a program for the gradual coverage of hearing loss screening, audiologic diagnostic evaluation, and intervention services subject to Section 10 of Republic Act No. 7875, as amended by Republic Act No. 9241, otherwise known as the "National Health Insurance of 1995". The DOH shall periodically review and recommend the newborn hearing loss screening fees to be charged by Newborn Screening Centers: Provided, That no screening fee shall be charged to a patient who availed of accredited behavioral tests, such as the Tuning Fork and Penlight method and other indigenous methods: Provided, further, That on the methods accredited by the DOH, upon recommendation by the NIH, shall be allowed as newborn hearing screening process.