MANILA, Philippines — Senator Grace Poe urged anew the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) on Friday to immediately settle unpaid claims of multiple hospitals as it could strain their pandemic response.
Citing reports, Poe said that in the Western Visayas alone—including Iloilo City—claims of hospitals and laboratories have reached over P800 million.
“PhilHealth should pay up. Hospitals are battlegrounds in this fight against COVID-19. They need what’s due to them, especially in this time when a number of them are overwhelmed with patients due to the recent surge of infections,” the senator said in a statement.
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