The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) should scrap its single period of confinement policy given its current financial standing and accumulation of excess funds. Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, pointed this out as he urged...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito urged the government on Thursday, August 22 to put a stop to the planned transfer of another P10-billion of Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) funds to the National Treasury. The P10-billion is supposed to be the second tranche of...
The Senate Committee on Health and Demography on Tuesday, August 20, pressed officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to ask President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to decrease the premium contribution of members to help ease the financial burden of patients dealing...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, August 18 said it is imperative for lawmakers to scrutinize carefully the additional subsidy being asked by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). PhilHealth, the senator noted, is asking an additional subsidy of P70-billion for 2025...
In support of local medical services, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has allocated P239 million to the Quezon City government. (Photo from PhilHealth) PhilHealth President and CEO Emmanuel R. Ledesma, Jr. personally handed the check to Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte,...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee has filed a resolution in the House of Representatives that urges the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to implement another round of a 30...
A medical firm's former employee, who prepared and submitted 46 "falsified" claims of benefits to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), has been convicted of falsifification of official documents. Convicted in a decision issued by Judge Jesusa R Lapuz Gaudiano of Pasig...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) The transfer of P89.9 billion in PhilHealth funds to the national treasury violates Republic Act (RA) No. 11223, or the Universal Health Care Act, according to Cagayan de Oro City 2nd...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said he believes President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. can easily halt the transfer of P89.9-billion from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). But Pimentel said he hopes Marcos would intervene at the soonest time...
Using its reserve funds, the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) should strive to lower the contributions of its members and at the same time increase its case rates and expand its healthcare benefits, Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go said. As chairman of the Senate Committee on...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) still has P500-billion in its chest fund that it can use dedicatedly for the improvement of its health packages for the benefit of its members. PhilHealth president and chief executive officer Emmanuel Rufino Ledesma Jr. made this...
The P200 billion to be remitted by the national government from government-owned and controlled corporations will fund the salary increases of government employees and infrastructure programs. In his opening speech for the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, Department of Finance (DOF)...
