Lists of Requirements for DSWD Medical Cash Aid Application
REQUIREMENTS FOR DSWD MEDICAL CASH AID – Listed here are the documents that the social welfare department requires for application.
Are you currently in a financially insufficient state and you or someone in the family is facing a health problem or hospital confinement? You might like to seek the cash assistance of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
More popularly called DSWD, the social welfare department’s Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation or AICS program includes the Medical Cash Aid offer. Through it, the social welfare department wants to help the poor Filipinos in the payment of hospital bill, the purchase of medicine and assistive device, or the payment of laboratory or medical operation.
In applying for the cash assistance offer, there are requirements for the DSWD Medical Cash Aid that must be prepared and submitted. Here are the general requirements in applying for the cash assistance offer:
- Health Certificate or Clinical Abstract
- Summary of Discharge
- Summary of Deceased Individual
- Alagang Pinoy Tagubilin form
Aside from the aforementioned requirements for the DSWD Medical Cash Aid application, there are also specific documents required by the social welfare department in a case-to-case basis.
Here are the specific additional documents that must be submitted in applying for the DSWD Medical Cash Aid offer under the AICS program:
Payment of hospital bill
- Provisional or Ultimate Hospital Invoice / Financial Statement (with details of any outstanding dues) (including the full name and signature of the billing clerk)
- Certificate of Remaining Balance / Promissory Note
Medicine purchase
- Prescription from the physician
- The course of treatment recommendation (treatment protocol)
Medical procedures or operations
- Medical laboratory examination
- Protocol for laboratory testing
- Physician’s directive (Doctor’s order)
Therapy and other forms of treatment
- Protocol for Treatment (must indicate the date it was prescribed, complete name, license number, and signature of the doctor)
- PhilHealth Certification (must confirm exhaustion of member benefits)
- Quotation or Cost Estimate (must indicate the total payable amount, the full name and signature of the issuing officer)
- Certification from Psychiatrist or Psychologist (with specified date, complete name, license number, and the doctor’s signature)
The requirements for the DSWD Medical Cash Aid application must be submitted within the last three (3) months since the diagnosis of the case. The documents must bear the doctor’s name, signature, license number, and the diagnosis of the patient.
