Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) (MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) announced the second implementation of the Debit-Credit Payment Mechanism (DCPM) that covers received in-process claims from April 8 to August 9, 2021. First implemented...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) announced its coverage on home isolation of COVID-19 confirmed mild and asymptomatic patients through its Circular No. 2021-0014 published on Aug. 19, 2021 and will take effect in 15 days from publication. According to the Department of...
Senator Grace Poe dismissed on Monday, August 30, as "puny" the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation's (PhilHealth) suspension of its controversial circular deferring its payments of hospitals claims. Senator Grace Poe (Senate PRIB) Poe, instead, said she had expected the PhilHealth to implement...
Philhealth logo The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) said it is temporarily stopping the implementation of the controversial "Temporary Suspension of Payment of Claims" (TSPC) policy. PhilHealth Circular No. 2021-0013 which contains the guidelines for the implementation of the...
The Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) on Sunday, Aug. 29 said that healthcare workers are feeling maltreated following the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation's (PhilHealth) debts to hospitals. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) "Sana tratuhin kami ng tama ng PhilHealth kasi medyo masama na po ang...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has identified at least three causes of delay in the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation's (PhilHealth) processing of payments of hospital claims amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) and Philippine Health Insurance...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Friday, August 27, defended the Upper Chamber from President Duterte's tirades about their investigations. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III (Senate PRIB) Sotto corrected Duterte who, in his pre-recorded speech aired Thursday night, told the public not...
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) President and Chief Executive Officer Dante Gierran said the state health insurer has no “mistrust” towards its partner hospitals after being questioned by the Lower House on Thursday (Aug. 26) on its slow processing of claims. (FILE PHOTO)...
“Bugbog na po kami (We're already beat up).” (HoR) This was Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dante Gierran's comment on the issues hounding the state health insurer during a hearing at the Lower House on Thursday, Aug. 26. “I...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has vowed to pay 60 percent of the in-process claims of its partner hospitals by next week through its Debit-Credit Payment Method (DCPM). (HoR) “Next week babayaran it (we will pay), doon pa rin sa (through the) DCPM, 60 percent kung mag...
Business groups have rallied behind the country’s health care providers (HCP) on their pending refund claims and reimbursements estimated at over P71.6 billion, which have long been pending with the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), warning that the long delays impinge on the...
The enforcement of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) new circular on the temporary suspension of hospital payments claims that are under investigation would mean hospitals would suffer, a hospital group said Wednesday, Aug. 25. (Photo from Pixabay) Private Hospitals...