GENERAL SANTOS CITY - The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) is targeting to release by the end of October around PHP320 million in pending reimbursement claims by private hospitals here. Nol Valila, head of the PhilHealth-Local Health Insurance Office here, said Tuesday they are currently working on completing the processing of at least 7,200 claims by Oct. 31 based on an agreement last week with concerned hospitals. He said the amount is part of the PHP437-million "good claims" or those with complete documentation submitted by the health care providers. As of Tuesday, he said they already processed some PHP49 million worth of claims of local hospitals that will be credited to their accounts within the week. "We are currently fast-tracking the processing of these claims.Next week, we will be coping up with the remaining number of claims as promised," Valila said in a "question hour" during the city council's regular session. He was respond