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Amid suggestions to replace Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) President and Chief Executive Officer (PCEO) Emmanuel Ledesma Jr., Cong. Wilbert “Manoy” T. Lee urged fellow lawmakers and government officials to prioritize implementing the commitment of the Department of Health (DOH) and PhilHealth to lower out-of-pocket medical expenses of Filipinos that he secured during the House […]
National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte is reminding all solo parents that they are now entitled to free health services as automatic members of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), following the recent release of the guidelines for the law expanding the economic benefits due single dads and moms in the country. Villafuerte said […]
Senator Bong Go, during the Senate Health Committee Hearing he presided on as Chairperson, expressed his appeal on behalf of the Filipino people for the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to cover emergency outpatient services. Currently, PhilHealth only covers patients admitted to hospitals, even for just a day. “Kailangan i-admit muna ng isang araw para […]
Senate President Chiz Escudero said the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) can afford to slash the mandatory contribution paid by its members due to the huge amount of unutilized funds that it has accumulated over the years. Citing figures from the Department of Finance that the reserve fund of PhilHealth has now reached close to […]
Senator Bong Go, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, lauded the announcement of PhilHealth to abolish its controversial Single Period of Confinement policy. Go described the move as a “significant victory” for Filipinos, particularly those most affected by the policy’s limitations. The policy, first implemented in 2013, prevented patients from receiving multiple […]
Cong. Wilbert “Manoy” T. Lee wants the positive result of fiscalizing the Department of Health (DOH) budget and its attached agencies acknowledged instead of focusing on the mic scuffle between him and House Senior Deputy Minority Leader Cong. Paul Daza. It can be recalled that during the House plenary deliberation of the DOH budget on […]
PhilHealth Regional Office (PRO) XII continues to sustain the steady implementation of Universal Health Care (UHC) in South Cotabato with the release of the second tranche of Frontload Capitation Fund for Primary Care Provider Network (PCPN) in the province amounting to P87,418,340. This is in addition to the initial capitation of P53 million turned over […]
Cong. Wilbert “Manoy” T. Lee on Monday deferred the House plenary deliberations on the proposed 2025 budget of the Department of Health (DOH) and its attached agencies, including the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) due to inaction and lack of specific plans to reduce the out-of-pocket expenses of Filipinos on medical services. During the House […]
Cong. Wilbert “Manoy” T. Lee lamented the lack of urgency and inaction of the Department of Health (DOH) on pressing healthcare issues such as the slow implementation of Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) benefits increase and non-inclusion of costly diagnostic tests in the urgent care packages despite the state health insurer’s billions of available funds. […]
Secretary of Health and Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Board Chair Ted Herbosa, following guidance from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., presided over a decision of the PhilHealth Board of Directors to increase the Corporation’s package rate for Hemodialysis again, from the recently implemented P4,000 per session to P6,350. Herbosa earlier convened the Benefits Committee (Bencom) […]