2022 Collection of PHILHEALTH Updates This article will help you navigate the different PHILHEALTH Updates blog posts. Here is the list of blog post for the PHILHEALTH Updates: 4 billion worth of claims paid by Philhealth amidst the threat of “Philhealth Holiday” COA: PhilHealth 3rd biggest spender among gov’t firms in 2020 DOF flags GSIS,…
4 billion worth of claims paid by Philhealth amidst the threat of “Philhealth Holiday” Amidst the threat of “PhilHealth Holiday” from private medical institutions, the National Health Insurance Company (PHILHEALTH) has decided to pay 4 billion worth of unpaid claims to local hospitals. This “PhilHealth Holiday” threat was a plan urging members of the…
COA: PhilHealth 3rd biggest spender among gov’t firms in 2020 According to the Commission on Audit, the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) spent P128.04 billion in 2020, the third highest among government-owned and controlled enterprises (COA). PhilHealth has once again been under fire for failing to satisfy increasing outstanding claims from hospitals, including some that…
PhilHealth to extend Health facility accreditation until January 31, 2022 Philippine Health insurance corporation has announced last Wednesday, December 29, 2021, the extension of accreditation of health facilities due to the increasing number of hospitals not renewing their accreditation. The said groups of hospitals are having their move called “PhilHealth Holiday” to protest to PhilHealth…
PhilHealth Should be under DOF instead of DOH says Senator Panfilo M. Lacson In light of a planned PhilHealth holiday in which private hospitals will refuse to honor PhilHealth coverage, Presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo M. Lacson suggested PhilHealth be managed by someone who knows how to manage funds and not a health practitioner. He…
PhilHealth’s new rates for COVID-19 Testing The Philippine Health Insurance corporation has announced a new benefits package for COVID-19 testing, using plate-based and cartridge-based Reverse transcription-polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR). The new package rates can be found in the PhilHealth Circular No,2021-0021, which was published and took effect on November 30. According to Philhealth, the…
PhilHealth and private hospitals will ‘collaborate’ to handle unpaid claims difficulties. The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) says it met with the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PHAPi) on Monday, Nov. 8, to discuss unpaid claims issues. In a statement, PhilHealth and PHAPi agreed to collaborate “to cooperatively resolve the claims payments…
