Memorandum of Agreement
Memorandum of Agreement
Memorandum of Agreement
by and between
and
Quezon Medical Center, a medical and a corporate entity duly registered in accordance with the
laws of the Republic of the Philippines with business at Quezon Avenue, Lucena City
represented by its MEDICAL DIRECTOR, _______________________________, hereinafter referred to
as theREFERRAL HOSPITAL;
and
Witnesseth
WHEREAS, there are onset risk cases which the SERVICE PROVIDER can handle
better with the help of professional medical practitioners after examination of patients and
determination that they will require further adept medical supervision for both mothers and
newborns;
WHEREAS, all onset risk cases handled by herein SERVICE PROVIDER and
PARTNER PHYSICIANS shall be exclusively referred to the REFERRAL HOSPITAL subject to
Philhealth membership of patients or beneficiaries;
WHEREAS, the trilateral relationship is meant to maximize the Maternity Care Package
available to Philhealth members and their beneficiaries and make available its availment to a
wider patient base;
NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises, the hereinafter
parties have agreed to the following terms and conditions.
Package that covers payment for the following services for the first and second low-risk
pregnancies, prenatal care, normal birth, routine newborn care, postpartum care, and family
planning, rendered by the PhilHealth-Accredited Outpatient Clinic.
2. Low-risk pregnancy with no identified risk factors. Normal birth is defined as spontaneous is
onset, low-risk at the start of the labor, and remaining so throughout labor and delivery. The
infant is born spontaneously in the vertex position between 37 and 40 completed weeks
pregnancy. After birth, mother and infant are in good condition.
5. REFERRAL is the process by which the SERVICE PROVIDER directs the patient to the
REFERRAL HOSPITAL due to onset risk, for further management of patient’s care.
6. PARTNER PHYSICISIANs are highly qualified medical practitioners in their own field of
profession (OBSTETRICIAN-GYNECOLOGY and PEDIATRICIANS) who will provide further
management of the mother and the new-born baby.
Article II
1. The SERVICE PROVIDER shall render prenatal, birth delivery, routine newborn care,
and postpartum services to female beneficiaries during their first and second low-risk
pregnancies and normal deliveries.
2. The SERVICE PROVIDER shall be available to attend to all patients at all times,
especially during intra-partum.
3. The SERVICE PROVIDER shall be abide by/comply with theprescribed clinical
pathways and practices guidelines for the Maternity Care Package.
4.The SERVICE PROVIDERshall do a pregnancy risk during the firstprenatal visit of the patient.
5.The SERVICE PROVIDER shall provide ambulance/vehicle totransport patients to the referral
hospital should an emergency arise related to complaints on
obstetric/gynecological/neonatal cases.
Article III
OBLIGATION OF PARTNER PHYSICIAN
1. The PARTNER PHYSICIANS in their own judgment and direction coordinate with the SERVICE
PROVIDER of any patients who presents with any of the EXCLUSIO CRITERIA and if
necessary shall refer the patients to the REFERRAL HOSPITAL for Obstetric complication and
at the soonest possible time.
1.1History of previous major obstetric/gynecologic operative
interventions (e.g. caesarian Section, Salpingectomy for ectopic
pregnancy, Oephorectomy).
1.2 History of three (3) or more miscarriages, or one (1) stillbirth.
1.3 Maternal age under 19 years old.
1.4 Elderly primis with maternal age of 35 years old.
1.5Multiple pregnancy (e.g. twins, triplets, etc.,)
1.10 History of medical conditions (e.g. hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, thyroid disorders,
obesity, moderate-serve asthma, pre-eclampsia, epilepsy, bleeding disorders)
1.11 Other risk factors that may arise during present pregnancy (e.g. premature contractions,
vaginal bleeding), that the midwife perceives to warrant a referral to an obstetrician / physician
for further management.
In witness thereof we have affixed our names and signature this ____ day of January 2011 at
Lucena City.