Private hospitals across the Philippines are all geared up for the highly transmissible and immune evasive Omicron subvariant BQ.1 according to a health expert.
Following the detection of the new Omicron BQ.1 in the Philippines, Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPI)...
The Covid-19 state of calamity imposed throughout the Philippines should be extended until 2023.
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Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPI) President Dr. Jose Rene de Grano backed the proposed extension of the nationwide state of calamity, stressing the need to...
Individuals who are exhibiting monkeypox symptoms such as rash or one or more acute skin lesions were told to seek immediate medical attention.
Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPi) President Dr. Rene De Grano urged individuals presenting monkeypox symptoms to seek...
Given the focus on the deadly and infectious Covid-19, people may have forgotten about dengue; how it could be equally fatal since the disease-carrying mosquitoes might just be right around someone's backyard.
THE Aedes Aegypti mosquito that transmits dengue.
This was specifically pointed out...
The Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PHAPi) on Thursday, June 16, announced that it is recommending Dr. Teodoro “Ted” J. Herbosa as the next head of the Department of Health (DOH).
Dr. Teodoro “Ted” J. Herbosa (Photo taken from Ted Herbosa's Facebook account)
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The majority of the member hospitals of the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PHAPi) did not receive yet the One Covid-19 Allowance (OCA) for their healthcare workers and support staff.
Dr. Jose Rene de Grano (Screenshot taken from Laging Handa’s Facebook Live)
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The Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PHAPI) said it is postponing its plan of holding a "PhilHealth holiday" which was supposed to happen from January 1 to 5, 2022.
“After the PHAPI meeting and hearing requests from concerned patients and citizens, PHAPI...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) said on Monday, Dec. 27, that it is hoping that the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPi) president will rethink its scheduled "PhilHealth Holiday" from Jan. 1 to Jan. 5 next year.
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Hospitals should avail themselves of the new debit-credit payment scheme of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to speed up the payment by the state insurer to their unpaid reinbursement claims, a Palace official said on Tuesday, Dec. 14.
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (PCOO...
Vice presidential candidate Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday urged the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to make reimbursement claims faster and easier for private hospitals.
Go, who chairs the Senate Committee on Health, made the call following reports that some...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has joined other lawmakers in prodding the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to settle the reimbursement claims of private hospitals as some of them threatened to cut ties with the health state insurer.
Hontiveros said it is necessary for private...
Senator Sonny Angara has urged the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to fast track the reimbursment claims of private hospitals, saying the country could not afford to have its healthcare system plunging into another crisis.
Angara made the call after some private hospitals in Metro...
