Focus on our Community: Healthcare Professionals

In our March issue, we introduced the great diversity of our remithome community. This month, we focus on Filipinos in healthcare professions, because May 6-12 is National Nurses Week, chosen to end on the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. During this week, we take the time to recognize the important contributions of this compassionate and hardworking community. Not surprisingly, more remithome members are employed in healthcare than in any other field.

History of the U.S-Philippines Connection

The U.S. and the Philippines have over a century of history together in the nursing profession. As early as 1907, Filipino nurses were trained by Americans, and the first wave of Filipino nurses started arriving in the U.S. between 1956 and 1969 as part of an Exchange Visitor Program. Since then, thousands of nurses and other healthcare professionals have immigrated to the U.S. Interest in U.S. healthcare jobs remains high, as demonstrated by the 20,000 Filipino nurses who took the U.S. licensure exam (NCLEX) last year.

Filipino Influence in American Healthcare

The high demand in the U.S. for qualified nursing professionals attracts many international Registered Nurses (RNs). Over 50% of the nurses educated outside the U.S. are from the Philippines. And when you add in other Philippine-educated healthcare professionals who work as Physical Therapists (PTs), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs), and Certified Home Health Aides (CHHAs), it’s clear that Filipino healthcare professionals have a great influence on the quality of American healthcare.

Filipino healthcare professionals do so much to help patients in their new country, but they also work hard to help their families back home. That’s why so many Filipino nurses and other healthcare professionals are remithome customers.

 remithome Upgrades Remittance Services

remithome now offers fee discounts when you send money to 2 or more recipients in a single transaction. These new fee discounts apply to standard Philippine Peso transfers, U.S. Dollar transfers, and Credit Card transfers. We have also expanded the delivery options for Credit Card transfers.

• Standard Philippine Peso Transfer Fee – Still $10 when you send money to one recipient, but the fee drops to $8 per recipient if you send money to 2 or more recipients in a single transaction. So it would cost $16 to send money to 2 recipients.
• Credit Card Transfer Fee – Still $25 when you send money to one recipient, but the fee drops to $15 per recipient if you send money to 2 or more recipients in a single transaction. So it would cost $30 to send money to 2 recipients if you use a credit or debit card.
• Expanded Delivery Options for Credit Card Transfers – Credit card transfers now include
  all delivery methods. So you can choose Bank Deposit to any major bank in the Philippines, Cash Pick-Up, or Door-to-Door Delivery in Metro Manila and the Provinces.

Please click here for more information about remithome’s lower fees for multiple recipients, including recurring transactions.

Please click here for specific information about remithome’s Credit Card transfers,
including lower fees for multiple recipients and expanded delivery options.

If you have questions about delivery options, recurring transactions, or multiple-recipient transactions, please call remithome Customer Service at 1-800-919-0787, Monday through Friday
from 9 AM to 5 PM, Pacific Time (California), or email us at customerservice@remithome.com.
We will be happy to assist you.

 Ask remithome: Cash Pick-Up

Question: How does Cash Pick-Up work? In particular, where does my recipient pick up the money, what kind of ID does she need to bring, and who will notify her?

Answer: Cash Pick-Up allows your recipient to pick up money at convenient cash pick-up locations throughout the Philippines.

Cash Pick-Up may be the best delivery method when your recipient

• Can’t stay home for Door-to-Door Delivery.
• Doesn’t have a bank account for Bank Deposit
• Lives in a remote area of the Philippines, where Cash Pick-Up is the fastest delivery method.

What your Recipient Needs to Do

Before your recipient picks up the money at cash the pick-up location, she needs to

• Wait to be notified that the money is ready to be picked up. She will be contacted by phone or SMS text message, and will be given the Reference Number she will need to pick up the money. [Your recipient may receive an email or SMS notification from remithome that the money has been sent, but she still needs to wait to be contacted before she can pick up the money.]
• Bring the cash pick-up Reference Number and two forms of picture ID to the cash pick-up location to pick up the money.

What You Need to Do

When you use the Add Recipient link to create a Cash Pick-Up profile for your recipient, it is very important that you

• Provide accurate contact information for your recipient, ideally both a contact phone number and a cellphone number for a SMS text message. Since your recipient will be notified when the money is ready to be picked up and will be given a Reference Number, it’s very important that you provide your recipient’s contact information.
• Tell your recipient to wait to be contacted with the Reference Number before she goes to the cash pick-up location to pick up the money.

If you have questions about Cash Pick-Up or need assistance, please contact remithome Customer Service at 1-800-919-0787, Monday through Friday from 9 AM to 5 PM, Pacific Time (California), or email us at customerservice@remithome.com.