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Senator Raffy Tulfo slammed the very low compliance of Social Security System (SSS), the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and the Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-IBIG for the coverage of kasambahays. Based on a 2019 joint survey conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), there are 1.4 […]
Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray T. Reyes wants to investigate the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) for prioritizing the increase of its executives’ pay during the pandemic. Reyes filed House Resolution 1261 urging the House Committee on Health to conduct an investigation in aid of legislation on the tripling of Philhealth executives’ pay in 2022. Reyes […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee urged the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to fulfill its mandate to provide reliable health insurance coverage to our countrymen and to promptly pay their dues to private hospitals using the profits it has made from its investments. Lee made the statement on Wednesday during the budget briefing of […]
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) presented to the House Committee on Health chaired by Batanes Representative Ciriaco Gato Jr. its Konsulta Package. PhilHealth Vice President for Primary Care and Head Executive Staff Albert Francis Domingo, MD, MSc, described the Konsulta package as a primary healthcare program that provides consultations, laboratory tests, and medicines to […]
Senator Bong Go, chair of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, commended the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (PhilHealth) decision to expand its hemodialysis package from 90 to 156 sessions considering the thousands of Filipinos in need of dialysis treatments. “This is a step in the right direction towards providing better healthcare for all. With the […]
Five local government units and two private sector groups of clinics and doctors formally agreed with the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to form the first seven primary care networks (PCNs) in the country. Doctors and clinics within these PCNs will start networking with each other to share resources with the patient’s welfare in mind. […]
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) warmly welcomed newly appointed Secretary of Health (SOH) Teddy Herbosa to its 8th Regular Board Meeting. The Health Secretary is the ex officio non-voting Chairperson of the PhilHealth Board of Directors, its highest governing body. He joins 10 other ex officio and expert panel members currently in service. “We […]
Quezon City Representative Marvin Rillo sees the state-run Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) paying up to P20.3 billion in dialysis claims this year, amid the chronic kidney disease (CKD) epidemic sweeping the country. “Considering the surge in the number of Filipinos seeking dialysis treatment, total claims payments are likely to increase by around P3 billion […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and Philippine Health Insurance Corporation-National Capital Region (PhilHealth-NCR) sealed a Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of Konsultasyong Sulit at Tama (KonSulta Program). The MOU was signed by MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes, MMDA General Manager Usec. Procopio Lipana, and PhilHealth NCR Vice President Dr. Bernadette Lico. “The […]
Department of Health (DOH) Officer-in-Charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Singh-Vergeire, together with Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Acting President & Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. and Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) President Aniceto Orbeta Jr. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to steward conceptualization and implementation of policy reforms in line with Universal Health […]