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MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) does not provide pension insurance to its members, Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said Friday. Herbosa, who also chairs the PhilHealth Board of Directors, noted that health…
Senate President Francis Escudero announced that Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) will not receive any funding in the 2025 national budget because it failed to meet its goals. Half of the tobacco excise taxes are allocated to…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) still has a P150-billion surplus from its 2024 budget even if it was given zero subsidy in 2025. The Department of Health (DOH) revealed this information on Monday,…
MANILA, Philippines — PhilHealth has denied claims that it allocated nearly P138 million for a Christmas party, clarifying that the budget is for its anniversary celebration next year. The agency responded to a social media post by…
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) has facilitated the review of two new benefit packages, improvement of four existing packages and another round of case rates increase as presented by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth)…
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) on Monday said it has sufficient funds to cover all the benefit package payments and planned expansion of package rates next year. In a media forum in Pasig City,…
State health insurer PhilHealth paid a total of P137.6 billion in benefit claims to more than 12,000 accredited health care facilities nationwide from January 1 to October 31, 2024, with a national average turnaround time (TAT) of…
MANILA – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Board of Directors en banc on Friday approved the preventive oral health benefit package for all. It is part of the state insurer’s expansion of primary care benefits in line…
As part of PhilHealth’s ongoing efforts to increase understanding and appreciation of social health insurance through creative and innovative means, and in line with the celebration of the agency’s 29th anniversary this year, and a prelude to its…
To help families caring for dying loved ones, the Department of Health (DOH) is considering adding palliative care to the benefit packages that Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) will soon improve. “I’d love to see a palliative…
As dengue fever cases continue to rise in the country, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has significantly increased its benefit package for severe dengue from P16,000 to P47,000, effective November 1, 2024. This substantial increase, part…
Members, who are readmitted due to the same illness in a span of 90 days, can now avail of PhilHealth benefits after the state health insurer lifted its Single Period of Confinement policy beginning October 1, 2024.…
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