PhilHealth warns OFWs vs fake receipts

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has renewed its warning to members, particularly overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), on the proliferation of fake official receipts for premium contribution payments.

In a series of advisories, Philhealth said it has been receiving reports that recruitment agencies are issuing counterfeit PhilHealth Official Receipts (PORs) to OFWs.

“Only PhilHealth regional and local health insurance offices are authorized to issue the POR,” the agency said.

PhilHealth said the OFWs may not be able to avail of PhilHealth benefits and they should be “more cautious and be watchful of persons or establishments issuing such counterfeit receipts when paying their premium contributions.”