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PhilHealth yet to reimburse hospital claims, says private hospitals group

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Posted at Apr 19 10:11 PM

State insurer PhilHealth is urged to fast-track the payment of billions of pesos in reimbursements of hospital claims. Read more »

More beds needed, not enough nurses: Hospitals warned to raise capacity amid COVID surge

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Updated as of Apr 19 09:18 AM

A group of private hospitals said Monday its members have received written warnings from the health department to increase their COVID-19 capacity to 30 percent. Read more »

Queues in some 'NCR Plus' hospitals easing: PHAPI

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 07:37 PM

PHAPI's President Dr. Jose Rene De Grano, in a virtual interview on Friday, said the seeming relaxing of queues in health facilities might be due to the expanded teleconsultation lines of both government and private hospitals.  Read more »

Private hospitals group nagbabala kontra 'upcasing' para sa PhilHealth benefit

Johnson Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 14 08:58 PM

Tiniyak ngayong Martes ng isang samahan ng mga pribadong ospital na hindi nila kukunsintihin ang kanilang mga miyembro na mapatutunayang nakikipagsabwatan sa mga pasyente para makakuha ng mas malaking benepisyo sa Philhealth. Read more »

As COVID-19 cases rise, private hospitals seek more health workers

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Posted at Apr 06 11:22 AM

A group of private hospitals on Tuesday called on government to augment its workforce as COVID-19 cases continued to rise. Read more »

Occupancy rate in at least 20 private NCR hospitals ‘critical’ - hospital group

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 17 07:30 PM

In a virtual forum, PHAPI President Dr. Jose De Grano that a hospital with a critical occupancy rate means that it has already reached more than 85 percent of its capacity.    Read more »

Vaccine rollout boosts private hospitals workers' confidence in Sinovac jabs

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Updated as of Mar 05 08:27 AM

The country's coronavirus inoculation drive has bolstered the confidence of private hospital workers in receiving Sinovac jabs, an official said Friday. Read more »

Private hospitals, PhilHealth in talks to settle delayed payments

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Updated as of Nov 27 09:07 AM

A group of private hospitals said Friday they were experiencing slow release of COVID-19 reimbursements from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). Read more »

PHAPi’s ‘warrior-leader’ Dr. Rustico Jimenez, passes away

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 08 06:59 PM

MANILA - The Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PHAPI) lost its ‘warrior-leader’ Dr. Rustico Jimenez, whose death was confirmed by his daughter on Thursday morning. Read more »

Private hospitals deny collusion in questionable release of PhilHealth COVID-19 funds

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 12:56 PM

A group of private hospitals on Thursday denied its members' involvement in the questionable release of PhilHealth funds to non-COVID-19 medical facilities. Read more »

Still no PhilHealth reimbursement for COVID-19 treatment in over 120 hospitals: medical group

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 12 11:30 PM

MANILA - Many private hospitals have yet to receive medical reimbursements from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) for treating coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, an official from the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPI) said Wednesday.  Read more »

Small private hospitals yet to receive PhilHealth COVID-19 reimbursement: exec

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 03:38 PM

A group of private hospitals on Tuesday questioned PhilHealth's release of a huge part of its funds supposedly for hospitals with COVID-19 patients to dialysis and maternity care centers while small medical facilities have yet to receive reimbursements. Read more »

PH hospitals capacity for COVID-19 patients in 'danger zone': DOH

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Updated as of Jul 14 10:29 AM

Philippine hospitals' capacity to handle COVID-19 patients have reached the "danger zone," the Department of Health said Tuesday as it assured the public that medical centers are opening more units. Read more »

PhilHealth to file libel charges vs head of private hospitals' group for claims of unpaid dues

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 19 03:27 PM

MANILA - The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) is planning to file libel charges against the head of a private hospitals' group over the latter's allegations that the state health insurance agency owes P18 billion in medical fee reimbursements.  Read more »

Physicians' board examinees can still help in hospitals: PHAPI

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 08:49 AM

MANILA -- Board examinees are still welcome to help in hospitals as long as they work under the supervision of licensed doctors, the president of Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines said Thursday. Read more »

Senate to probe PhilHealth over alleged ghost claims, unpaid obligations

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Updated as of Aug 21 02:28 PM

The Senate will investigate the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) next week for its billions worth of unpaid claims to hospitals, Sen. Bong Go said Wednesday.   Read more »

SC junks petition questioning strengthened Anti-Hospital Deposit Law

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 28 03:28 AM

MANILA - The Supreme Court has unanimously denied, on technical grounds, the petition of a group of private hospitals questioning the constitutionality of a law, which imposes higher penalties for health facilities that refuse to take in and treat emergency patients who fail to pay deposits or advance payments. Read more »

Possible financial mismanagement in PhilHealth, senator says

Kori Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 22 08:51 PM

Senator JV Ejercito on Tuesday said there is a possible financial mismanagement in PhilHealth because of the P4 billion unaudited loss last year, according to the initial findings of the joint congressional oversight committee on national health insurance. Read more »

PhilHealth calls claims it owes private hospitals billions ‘overly bloated,’ ‘erroneous’

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Posted at May 12 10:44 PM

PhilHealth says it owes only P183.2 million, not "P7 billion to P9 billion" in unpaid claims as alleged by an official representing private hospitals in the country. Read more »