MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) president and CEO Dante Gierran explained Wednesday that the ongoing pandemic is admittedly the cause of the agency’s slow settlement of unpaid claims of private and public hospitals.
During the Laging Handa briefing, Gierran said the pandemic, which led them to reduce their workforce, is one of the reasons for the slow payment of the state insurance agency’s debts to the hospitals.
“‘Yung utang, hindi naman matagal [mabayaran], I would say mabagal dahil may rason like itong COVID ngayon. Gasgas na na rason ito but talagang reason yan,” Gierran said.
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