File photo MANILA - The chairman of the House Committee on Senior Citizens on Wednesday said the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) should authorize barangays to serve as registration centers so that elderly Filipinos can be registered with PhilHealth conveniently. Senior Citizen Party-list Rep. Rodolfo Ordanes said it would be grossly inconvenient to require seniors to go to PhilHealth offices for them to sign up with the state health insurance firm given the prevailing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infection risks. Ordanes said the barangay staff instead can do house-to-house registration drives and specific days or weekends can be designated as seniors PhilHealth registration days. "For seniors to sign up with PhilHealth in advance of their availment of benefits, then the proper way is for PhilHealth to deputize or authorize barangays to serve as PhilHealth registration centers," Ordanes said. "Barangays have staff dedicated to seniors and PWD affair
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) on Monday, Nov. 1, reminded Filipinos 60 years old and above that they are mandatorily covered under the National Health Insurance Program.
In line with the recent observance of the Filipino Elderly Week, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) have again reminded Filipinos 60 years old and above that they are mandatorily covered under the National Health Insurance Program pursuant to Republic Act (RA) 10645, and as reiterated under RA 11223 or…
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