The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. is suspending installments to emergency clinics and clinical experts with repayment claims being scrutinized for misrepresentation – a move that might incite private medical clinic associations to withdraw from the state-run wellbeing safety net provider. Under PhilHealtlh Circular No. 2021-0013 gave yesterday, a transitory suspension of installment of cases is as a result for 120 …

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation has neglected to repay medical clinics for a colossal sum of COVID-19 cases tracing all the way back to the beginning of the pandemic, the Philippine Hospital Association (PHA) shared it to the public. Dr. Jaime Almora, PHA president, told the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs during a consultation that the state-run guarantor was repaying …

Surprisingly, the legislators are raising the Social Security System ante to avoid charging heavier rates, supposedly as a form of reprieve for pandemic-battered employees, to its members on the 15th of January. No less than House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco put forward his own plan to combat the imminent SSS contribution increase from 12 percent to 13 percent of monthly …

METRO MANILA – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has announced that it had made a P500 million partial payment for the P930 milliion debt to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) due to Covid-19 tests being conducted. According to the statement released by the state health insurer, the remaining balance would be paid according to the gov’t rules and regulations. …

METRO MANILA – The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) assured today that they will be settling the debt to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Monday after receiving a legal opinion from the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the testing agreement between the agency and the humanitarian organization. According to statement released by Philhealth, they will release the payment on …

METRO MANILA – The Philippine Red Cross announced that they will be halting its screenings funded by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. after the agency were unable to settle the balances to the organization over P930 million balances. Chairman Senator Richard Gordon said that the agency cannot afford to have almost a billion pesos in unpaid balances as they are …

METRO MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has announced on Monday night that National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Dante Gierran will be the new head of Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). He will take over the position and will be replacing resigned PhilHealth President and CEO Ricardo Morales who were asked by Duterte to step down due to his medical …

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte will announce the new head of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation today, Senator Bong Go confirmed. Senator Go said that Duterte will make the announcement during his weekly address to the nation. Earlier last week, Duterte asked former head Morales to step down due to health conditions. Moralen then filed the resignation, which Duterte accepted. …

MANILA – Malacañang confirmed on Thursday that President Duterte has accepted Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) president Ricardo Morales’ resignation. According to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, Duterte has accepted his resignation and already looking for a new head for the state insurance. The resignation came in when the President asked Morales to step down from his post due to health …

METRO MANILA  – Senator Panfilo Lacson agrees that that the so-called “mafia” at the Philippine Health Insurance Corp is actually the executive committee itself as alleged by its former anti-fraud officer. According to the Senator, based on the documents he read, as early as April, it is maneuvering everything including the movements of funds and overpricing, the executive committee is …