As stated in PhilHealth Circular No. 39, s. 2002, ambulatory surgical clinics are deemed analogous to secondary hospitals and shall be given the same benefit limits as secondary hospitals, Therefore, the application fee for accreditation of ambulatory surgical clinics will be the same as that of a secondary hospital which is Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) starting in the year 2003.

Adopted: 21 Jan. 2003

(SGD.) FRANCISCO T. DUQUE III, MD., MSc.
President and CEO