PHILIPPINE HOSPITAL
ASSOCIATION
BULACAN CHAPTER
Tel: 6762774;
09434662743
MINUTES
OF THE FIRST MEETING
Activity; First General Assembly
Time: 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Venue: Max’s
Pulilan
I.
Attendance
Please see attached
attendance report.
Guests/ Resource Persons
BIR: Mrs Violeta Casaje, Revenue Officer IV, RDO 25 A, Plaridel
Philhealth:
Dr. Roberto
T. Reyes, Branch Manger
Ms Michaela
V. Tolentino, Planning Officer, Designate
DOH
Dr. Edna
Abcede, Assistant Regional Director
Dr. Julie
Reyes,
Fire Department:
SINSP Amando C. Elevado Fire Marshall, Plaridel
SINSP Fernando
B. Clemente, Fire Marshall Pulilan
II.
Agenda:
·
Election of Officers
·
Dialogue with government offices about the
problematic areas.
III.
Proceedings
1. The
meeting started with an Opening prayer and the Philippine National Anthem c/o
Mr Carl Mendoza of Takeda
2. The
participants were acknowledged by the emcee.
3. The
Central Luzon Council President, Dr. Emmanuel Vera welcome the participants,
introduced the rationale of the meeting. He asked the doctors present to introduce
themselves and moderated the election of officers of the Bulacan Chapter.
4. The following
were elected officers:
President: Dr. Marci Castillo- Cruz of
Our Lady of Mercy General Hospital, Plaridel
Vice President: Dr. Alice Tan of Kairos Maternity and
Gen Hosp, San Jose Del Monte
Secretary: Dr. Ela Cruz, of Romel Cruz Hospital
Treasurer: Dr Jun Mendoza of Sto Niño, Bustos
Auditor: Dr. Dennis Lazaro of Castro Hospital, Baliwag
PRO: Dr. Voltaire Garcia of
Jesus of Nazareth, Guiguinto
Legal Adviser: Atty
Re L. Rugay of Rugay Hospital, Baliwag
5. Dinner
was served and the Resource Persons were asked to present their addresses to
the body. The doctors posed their questions to them. The order of presentation
was as follows: BIR, Philhealth, Fire
Department, DOH
6. The
BIR Officer had powerpoint presentation of her concerns which will be sent to
all with email addresses.
7. The
Philhealth Officer invited the doctors to attend the next meeting on the third
week of April, that they will conduct for all Bulacan Hospitals. Details and
exact date of the meeting will be disseminated by Philhealth to all concerned after the Holy Week.
8. The
issue of the Ob Gyn regarding the justification of the second caesarian
operation can be contested.
9. The
Fire Marshalls proposed that some of the questions and difficulties that
hospital owners have about the need to install sprinklers be brought up to the higher offices.
10. The
DOH representatives also clarified some issues with the Fire department.
11. Doctor
Marci said that the second meeting could be in June
12. The
meeting adjourned at 10:30 pm.
Minutes approved by Doctor Marci Cruz ______________
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PHILIPPINE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
BULACAN
CHAPTER
Minutes
Second Regular Meeting
August 23, 2012
Max’s
Pulilan
Agenda
1. Reaction
to PHILHEALTH circular 31 as raised by Dr. Bu Cruz.
2. Waste
segregation/ collection/ disposal practices at hospitals;
3. Water
waste; toxic waste; solids, compostables c/o Greenergie Materials Recovery
Facilities.
4. Fire
Extinguisher supplier
5. Updates
from and concerns of members.
Proceedings
I.
The meeting started at 5:00 pm with a prayer
.
II.
Attendance sheet was passed and email addresses
and phone numbers were updated. Twenty hospitals were represented. Attached is
the directory.
Hospitals
represented:
1.
United Balagtas Doctors,
2.
Castro Maternity and General Hospital,
3.
Rugay Maternity and General Hospital,
4.
Sagrada Familia, BMMG,
5.
Jesus of Nazareth,
6.
Malolos San Vicente,
7.
Sacred Heart Hospital of Malolos,
8.
Santos Clinic,
9.
Marilao St Michael,
10.
San Pascual Baylon,
11.
La Consolacion,
12.
Marcelo-Padilla,
13.
Mary the Queen,
14.
Jesus the Good Shepherd,
15.
Our Lady of Mercy,
16.
BMMG
17.
Ospital ng Lungsod ng SJDM
18.
Kairos
19.
Emmanuel Hospital
20.
Santiago’s Pediatric
21.
St. Mary’s Medical Services
III.
The following
recommendations regarding the agenda points and other issues were proposed by
the participants:
- On
our Constitution and By Laws:
a.
That we request Atty Re Rugay, our Legal Adviser, to help us prepare the Constitution and
By-laws of PHA- Bulacan Chapter and to
seek SEC registration.
b.
Include articles on membership of all Bulacan
hospitals.
c. The
draft will be submitted to the members
for their comments / or signatures on our next meeting.
- On
Waste collection
a.
That we present different waste collectors,
their facilities, services, costs.
b.
We will connect with DENR Angeles to inquire about the water waste
Agency.
Kairos can provide us with their practice.
c.
Greenergie representative did not come.
- On
Philhealth directives
a.
That we collect comments of the members to
circular 31 and to the Performance Commitment circular; get signatures from all
the members and present this as a united stand of PHA-Bulacan chapter.
b.
That we prepare our difficulties regarding
DOH and Philhealth directives with our suggestions, which we shall send to PHA and PHAP national
directors.
c.
We will ask our Philhealth clerks to remind
us to renew our Philhealth accreditation.
d.
That we will not send our signed Performance
commitment to Philhealth yet. Dr. Bu
Castro was able to ask for postponement of deadline to September 30. We will
wait for his update in case there are some changes that he is able to
negotiate.
- On
group purchases:
a. That
we invite suppliers to present to us quotations of their products at lowest prices that hospital owners cannot
resist. If they enter into contract to us, we can offer their products to all
Bulacan hospitals.
- On
Funds
a.
That we seek sponsorship form Drug companies
to finance our meeting accommodations for the succeeding meetings.
b.
Since we are already paying PHA directly do
we need to pay to our local chapter?
c.
Dr Marci announced that Dr. Bu Castro is
asking all local chapters to open an account and report to them. It is
important that we be approved by SEC before we can open an account.
d.
Dr. Vera said that he was president of
Central Luzon and Bulacan chapters for many years and he used to have a bank
account with Traders Bank, Malolos. He
used to deposit the money that he used to get from PHA national. However the last time that he checked, the
bank was already closed.
- On
strengthening our association
a.
Make membership to PHA-Bulacan from all
private hospitals in Bulacan compulsory.
b.
Send email of all proceedings and circulars
from national offices to the members.
c.
Send minutes of meetings to all hospitals to
make them see that there are benefits that they can get from being members.
d.
The president, Dr Marci Cruz, commented that
we like to strengthen our chapter so that we can help the level one hospitals
who might be affected by Circular 31.
e.
Communicate with the hospitals who have not
attended so far,
f.
Follow up attendance.
g.
Schedule regular meetings.
h.
Open a website which members can open and be
updated and where they can find communications. Dates of regular meetings will
be announced here as well recent
circulars.
i.
That we prepare a directory and send them to
the attendees.
j.
Out of 64 hospitals on the list, only 20
hospitals were represented. But Dr Reyes and Dr. Vera already congratulated Dr.
Marci for a big attendance. There were 40 participants present.
k. Make
the others who did not attend see that there benefits in being active and
present at our meetings.
- On
our fire safety requirements:
a.
That we ask for a written permit from the
Provincial Fire Marshall to get fire extinguishers from sources other than the
local fire department.
b.
We will collect addresses of suppliers of
fire extinguishers and fire alarm systems to members. We can make them bid so
we get the least cost that member hospitals can
c. The
supplier of fire alarm and extinguishers that we invited did not come.
- On best practices of Sacred Hospital
regarding their efficient Philhealth transaction:
a.
Dr Reyes of Sacred Heart Hospital was
requested to share his secret why Philhealth has no backlog of remittance to
them. In a matter of two weeks they are able to receive their remittance.
b. Answers
of Dr Reyes:
b.1. He is hands-on administrator.
b.2 Personally follows up completion of data,
signature fo doctors, completion of forms.
b.3 There are 2 Philhealth officers in their
hospital. They submit all records punctually.
9. Other Information shared
a.
1996- year when Medicare became Philhealth
b.
National Convention of PHA on Nov 20 – 25. It will be good if we can
attend.
c.
We should be members also of PHAP. Since PHA gives more attention to government
hospitals membership to PHAP will be advantageous to private hospitals. De Vera
will ask for membership forms from Dr. Rustico Jimenez, president of PHAP.
d.
Next meeting will be called after we have
completed our Constitution and Bylaws, and our letter to Philhealth
.
10. Meeting of
committees
a.
Miss Cely will meet with Sir Grande to
collect the problems of local hospitals with Philhealth policies on August 30
and will connect with Kairos Hospital for their contacts with waste collection
companies
b.
The members paid for their own dinner
11. Ending
The meeting ended with a Prayer by Dr.
Reyes.
Prepared by: Cely Ramos
0943- 466- 2743; 0927-960-3762 or 676-2774 (c/o HR Dept)
Noted by:
Dr. Marci Cruz
President
PHA-Bulacan
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