MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Hospital Association (PHA) flagged on Thursday the supposedly slow disbursement of COVID-19 claims that are not made under the debit-credit payment method (DCPM) of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth).
“‘Yung pagbigay ng debit-credit payment, mabilis naman sila (PhilHealth). Kagaya ng IRM (interim-reimbursement mechanism) noon mabilis magbigay, pero ‘yung pagprocess ng claim sa ‘di nag-apply ng debit-credit payment mechanism, ‘yun ang mabagal,” PHA President Dr. Jaime Almora said in an interview with ABS-CBN’s Teleradyo.
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