Private and government hospitals were forced to use their savings and borrow from banks to sustain their operations after the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation allegedly failed to pay the claims for COVID-19 cases since March 2020, the Philippine Hospital Association said on Wednesday.
BusinessWorld
May 19, 2021 | 9:15 pm
THE PHILIPPINE Hospital Association on Wednesday said members are in a tight financial spot due to unpaid claims from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) for coronavirus patients since the start of the pandemic.
“This is now causing severe financial distress to private hospitals as well as the government hospitals,” the association’s president, Jaime A. Almora, told a Senate economic affairs committee hearing on the status of government measures for industries hit hard by the pandemic.
Mr. Almora did not give an estimated total amount of the receivables from PhilHealth, but he cited one hospital with a P1.2 billion claim, while others ranging between P50 million to P700 million.
BusinessWorld
May 9, 2021 | 7:34 pm
PHILSTAR
BUDGETARY SUPPORT provided to government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) declined 68% year on year to P3.838 billion in March, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said.
In its cash operations report, the BTr said the year-earlier total was P11.952 billion.
Around 65% of the March 2021 subsidies went to the National Irrigation Administration, down 15% year on year.
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority received P841 million, as opposed to zero a year earlier.
Other GOCCs that received the most subsidies were the Small Business Corp. (P500 million), Philippine Health Center (P444 million); National Kidney Transplant Institute (P320 million), Philippine National Railway (P312 million) and Philippine Children’s Medical Center (P309 million).
By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News
Published May 7, 2021 2:25pm The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday said guidelines for the management of COVID-19 vaccine side effects have been updated as it announced the official resumption of AstraZeneca vaccination for people younger than 60. The DOH approved earlier this month the recommendation to resume the use of the AstraZeneca jab on people under 60 after it was suspended due to concerns on possible blood clotting with low platelet count. The condition, called vaccine-induced thrombosis and thrombocytopenia (VITT), is a “very rare condition” that can occur four to 28 days after getting a viral vector vaccine like AstraZeneca, the DOH explained.
Conner District Hospital Malasakit Center launched
Philippine Information Agency
08 May 2021, 00:38 GMT+10
BAGUIO CITY, May 7 (PIA) The Conner District Hospital (CDH) in Conner, Apayao has now a Malasakit Center.
Senator Lawrence Bong Go joined virtually Apayao officials led by Gov. Eleanor Bulut-Begtang represented by Executive Assistant Phillip Uba, Conner Mayor Martina Dangoy, Department of Health -Cordillera Regional Director Ruby Constantino, CDH Chief of Hospital Dr. Nelson Rigor in launching the Malasakit Center on Friday, May 7, 2021.
Also present were Charlyn Tagabing of the Provincial DOH Office, Martha Romasoc of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp, Lorna Lumiaon of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and other representatives.