Section 20Sec./Art. 20

Health Finance Policy Research. - Among the staff departments that will be established by the Corporation shall be the Health Finance Policy Research Department, which shall have the following duties and functions:

a. development of broad conceptual framework for implementation of the Program through a national health finance master plan to ensure sustained investments in health care, and to provide guidance for addition appropriations from the National Government;

b. conduct of researches and studies toward the development of policies necessary to ensure the viability, adequacy and responsiveness of the Program;

c. review, evaluation, and assessment of the Program's impact on to access to, as well as the quality and cost of, health care in the country;

d. periodic review of fees, charges, compensation rates, capitation rates, medical standards, health outcomes and satisfaction of members, benefits, and other matters pertinent to the operations of the Program;

e. comparison in the delivery, quality, use, and cost of health care services of the different Offices;

f. submission for consideration of program of quality assurance, utilization review, and technology assessment; and

g. submission of recommendations on policy and operational issues that will help the Corporation meet the objectives of this Act.