Iyong sinop din po ng pagpi-fill out noong claims form kaya hindi naman po iyon lahat ay problema dahil sa PhilHealth," he added. (Issues that had been flagged include the spelling of names, missing ...

Erstwhile Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) president Emmanuel Ledesma resigned because he might have found the job difficult President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said. Marcos has ...

SEN. Bong Go on Wednesday welcomed the appointment of Dr. Edwin Mercado as president and CEO of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). "As chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and ...

Any sort of diminution of PhilHealth benefits will affect the poor, low-income, and even middle class households the worst,' says Sonny Africa, executive director of Ibon Foundation MANILA, ...

Edwin Mercado, who has 35 years of experience in hospital management, took his oath as the new PhilHealth chief before Marcos yesterday at Malacañang, according to the Presidential Communications ...

More specifically, Lazaro-Javier pointed out that PhilHealth has prioritized investments over program benefits and lower member contributions, while also applying a different internal ...

Juan Antonio Perez III, former executive director of the Commission on Population and Development, said the claim of PhilHealth having “excess funds” is misleading and therefore, the transfer ...

“It’s right to replace the PhilHealth [chief] because for the longest time, he did not do what he needed to do nor address the needs of the people, which is the main reason why Congress did ...

(UPDATE) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appointed Dr. Edwin Mercado, a US-trained orthopedic surgeon, as president and chief executive officer of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), ...

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is mulling to implement reforms like digitalization and benefit expansion in a pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) system following the appointment of Dr ...

The new PhilHealth chief has been in the healthcare industry for 35 years, serving as vice chairman of Mercado General Hospital-QualiMed Health Network since 2021. Under his leadership ...

Because PhilHealth has good services but the processing of claims, the application… it’s all still being done manually. That’s why it became a priority.) Mercado promised to circle back with ...