The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) clarifies that there is no truth to the report that P600 million in amnesty have been paid out to hospitals for denied claims.
The claims in question have been denied payment due to late filing and refiling. The possibility of these claims being considered for payment under an amnesty program are still subject to issuance of a signed Board resolution as well as specific guidelines thereafter. All of these have not yet been realized, and therefore no fund release to speak of.
PhilHealth has committed to provide Congress with the documents pertinent to this matter to completely shed light on the issue. The Agency defers to their good judgment to see that no such amount has been paid out yet.
Time and again, PhilHealth has committed itself to cooperating to all the investigations and it will continue to do so to ferret out the truth for the benefit of the Filipino public that it serves.
(Sgd.)ARNEL F. DE JESUS
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Office
