April 16, 2021 THE Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) announced that it will investigate alleged incidents of upcasing or any form of health insurance abuse related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
The agency noted a proliferation of video posts showing incidents of health care providers allegedly colluding with patients to declare minor respiratory symptoms, such as asthma, as Covid-19 symptoms to claim higher benefits.
“If found true, the incidents described in the video posts refer to upcasing or claiming for a related illness or procedure of higher severity or complexity to gain higher benefit payment,” said PhilHealth.
According to the state health insurer, upcasing is a form of health insurance fraud with a penalty of P200,000 for each count or suspension of contract of the health care provider up to three years or both.
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SunStar File April 15, 2021 THE Department of Health (DOH) 7 still doesn’t have enough vaccines for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) to start inoculating senior citizens, the next sector on the government’s priority list. Its available stock is only for medical frontliners.
The DOH 7 issued the clarification after senior citizens showed up at a mass inoculation in one of Cebu City’s commercial malls on Thursday, April 15, 2021, expecting to be vaccinated only to be refused.
Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, DOH 7 spokesperson, said that as of Thursday, they only had 178,560 doses of Sinovac available, 44,400 of which arrived in Cebu on Wednesday, April 14.
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Cities of Cebu, Mandaue continue to inoculate medical frontliners. (File photo)
+ March 14, 2021 A TOTAL of 264 personnel of the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) have been inoculated with the CoronaVac vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) since the hospital began its vaccination program on March 10, 2021.
CCMC Administrator Yvonne Cania said 529 doses of the vaccine manufactured by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech Ltd. were allocated for CCMC personnel.
Cania said five personnel experienced slight rashes and slight itchiness, while those with asthma experienced difficulty in breathing. But they quickly recovered, she said.
“Na-resolve ra (The matter was resolved) even without oxygen. Puro ra mga (They were all) mild (reactions),” she said.