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Lacson on PhilHealth: 'Everything' is wrong

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 28 03:06 PM

Presidential aspirant Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday urged the government to replace the head of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), as more hospitals disengaged with the state insurer. Read more »

Duterte: PhilHealth being careful with hospital claims

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Updated as of Aug 31 03:04 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte said PhilHealth was being "very careful" in processing hospital claims. Read more »

PhilHealth kinompronta dahil sa tigil-bayad sa hospital claims

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Posted at Aug 24 08:13 PM

Nagharap sa hearing ng House ang PhilHealth at kinatawan ng mga ospital na inirereklamo ang isang circular. Read more »

Hospitals threaten to 'disengage' from PhilHealth

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Updated as of Aug 24 08:00 AM

The Philippine state health insurer defended its temporary suspension of payments to health care providers with allegedly questionable claims. Read more »

'PhilHealth only delayed in COVID claim reimbursements'

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Posted at Aug 16 11:14 AM

PhilHealth is only delayed in reimbursing hospitals for COVID-19-related claims, which account for 15 percent of all claims it is processing. Read more »

Still 'billions' in unpaid hospital claims, PhilHealth admits

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Updated as of Aug 13 06:59 PM

PhilHealth on Friday acknowledged that it has yet to settle "billions" in pesos of hospital claims. Read more »

Duterte wants PhilHealth debt paid soonest: Palace

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Posted at Aug 12 06:35 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte wants PhilHealth to pay its debt to hospitals as soon as possible, Malacañang said on Thursday. Read more »

Hospital group blasts 1-year delay in PhilHealth COVID claims

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Posted at May 20 11:32 AM

A group of hospitals on Thursday asked the regional offices of state insurer PhilHealth to follow instructions of their chief and expedite the processing of COVID-19 claims. Read more »

Palace: PhilHealth debit-credit reimbursement expands to all high, critical risk areas

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Posted at Apr 23 01:02 PM

State medical insurer PhilHealth's faster method of reimbursing the claims by hospitals will now be implemented in all high and critical risk areas for COVID-19, Malacañang said on Thursday.  Read more »

PhilHealth ordered to speed up payment of hospital claims

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 08 05:31 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered state medical insurer PhilHealth to speed up the reimbursement of claims by hospitals, after its unsettled debt allegedly hit the operations of facilities battling the COVID-19 pandemic, Malacañang said on Thursday. Read more »

Senators urge PhilHealth to provide coverage for COVID-19 patients in hospital tents

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Posted at Apr 03 11:34 AM

MANILA - Several senators on Saturday urged the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to include in its COVID-19 coverage patients confined in hospital tents as health care facilities in Metro Manila is overwhelmed with fresh admissions.    Read more »

PhilHealth to mull benefits for COVID-19 patients in emergency rooms: official

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Posted at Mar 31 04:56 PM

State medical insurer PhilHealth will consider giving benefits to patients with COVID-19 who are staying in emergency rooms as they wait to get admitted to hospitals, an official said on Wednesday, while health care capacity goes down due to a surge in infections.  Read more »

PhilHealth admits 'slowness' in payment of hospital claims

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 31 04:32 PM

State medical insurer PhilHealth on Wednesday acknowledged some "slowness" in its processing of reimbursement claims by hospitals, which a group said forced some facilities to downsize their workforce as they face the COVID-19 pandemic.    Read more »

2 PhilHealth execs want suspension reversed over 'half-baked' probe

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 02:41 PM

Two officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth) have asked the Office of the Ombudsman to set aside their preventive suspension in connection with recent corruption allegations.    Read more »

PhilHealth corruption probe should focus on hospitals: ex-boss

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Updated as of Sep 01 11:25 AM

The investigation of various bodies into the alleged irregularities inside PhilHealth should focus on hospitals, "where the corruption is happening”, the former head of the state medical insurer said Tuesday. Read more »