Senator Sonny Angara is seeking passage of a bill that would provide free annual medical check-up for all Filipinos, which is a vital preventive health care service that can help stop any potential critical ailments at an early stage. As one of the authors of Republic Act 11223 or the Universal...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday renewed her appeal for the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to continue providing the full 144 dialysis sessions this year as the country is still in a state of an emergency due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Hontiveros lamented many of the...
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) (MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has urged all healthcare facilities (HCFs) in certain areas to avail of its Debit-Credit Payment Method (DCPM) program to ensure that they have enough funds to continue...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Individuals who will experience serious adverse events following immunization against COVID-19 can now avail of the indemnification package being offered by the...
The national government’s subsidies to state-owned companies increased by half in May this year due to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp., commonly known as PhilHealth, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. Financial support extended to government owned and controlled corporations...
Senator Grace Poe on Friday, June 25, pressed the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to immediately settle its unpaid claims to hospitals. Senator Grace Poe (Senate of the Philippines/MANILA BULLETIN File photo) Poe reiterated her call as she cited reports that claims of hospitals...
Makati Medical Center (MMC), one of the country’s premier medical services facilities under the MPIC Group of businessman Manny Pangilinan, expressed confidence that PhilHealth will pay up arrears in reimbursement claims saying this has been among the major challenges the hospital faced during...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has already reimbursed nearly 80 percent or about P231 billion of the total hospital claims, an official said Saturday, June 19. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Dr. Shirley B. Domingo, PhilHealth’s vice president for Corporate Affairs and...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has so far paid about P5.5 billion to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) for the humanitarian organization’s coronavirus testing services, an official said Saturday, June 19. Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (MANILA BULLETIN) “Ang sa...
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) (MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) said that it is not "a party" to the dismissed complaints involving its former and present officials. "The Ombudsman ruling on the cases filed by some PhilHealth officers...
Senator Grace Poe has asked the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to expedite its payment to public and private hospitals and avoid unnecessary and delaying procedures that affect the operations of healthcare institutions. Senator Grace Poe (Office of Sen. Grace Poe/MANILA...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has acknowledged that there were delays in processing the claims of different hospitals amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) (MANILA BULLETIN) PhilHealth Spokesperson Shirley...
