The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) warned the public on Monday, Nov. 6, to be vigilant about safeguarding their personal information and ensuring the security of websites they visit. Photo from PhilHealth Facebook page The advisory came in response to a rising trend of online...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) said on Tuesday, Oct. 31 that all of its offices will be closed from Nov. 1 to 2 in observance of All Saints' and All Souls' Days. (Manila Bulletin) Its normal operations will resume on Nov. 3. PhilHealth encouraged its members to use...
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) presented a check for P471.5 million to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) on Thursday, Oct. 26. Photo from PhilHealth Facebook page PhilHealth Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Eli Dino Santos received the...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (Facebook) Citing the rising costs of healthcare services in the country, Tingog Party-list called on the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHeath) to increase their case rates by 20 percent. “Tingog Party-list...
Over P100 billion will be spent on the government’s national health insurance Program next year, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said Friday, Oct. 27. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said a total of P101.51 billion budget will be allocated to the Philippine Health Insurance...
The decision to replace officials within the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) was “unanimous” among the board members, Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said. Health Secretary Ted Herbosa replies to questions from the media during a Palace press...
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Data Privacy Officer Nerissa Santiago said on Wednesday, Oct. 18, that the initial analysis of the compromised data revealed a staggering 13 to 20 million records. Photo by Zekinah Elize Espina "Initially, our analysis, based on what was...
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. on Wednesday, Oct. 18, lamented the reassignment of its eight executives saying work had been smooth since he took office. Photo by Zekinah Elize Espina “As the head of the corporation,...
Amid the numerous cyberattacks that government agencies suffered from in the past weeks, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano floated the idea of providing reward money for catching perpetrators behind cyberattacks provided that there's a stiff penalty for it. Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano suggests that the...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) on Saturday, Oct. 14, strongly encouraged its members to utilize the PhilHealth Member Portal as a secure means of accessing their membership and contribution records, in response to a recent data breach that disrupted its operations. Photo...
AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes (Screenshot from YouTube live) AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes chided the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) on Friday, Oct. 13 for supposedly prioritizing the increase of its executives' pay over...
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) issued a public warning on Friday, Oct. 13, about the risks of downloading hacked data files from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) ransomware attack. NPC-Complaints and Investigation Division Chief Michael R. Santo in PTV's Bagong...
