Hospitals shelve move vs PhilHealth

he Private ospitals Association of the Philippines P APi has decided to shelve its plan of not honorin the Phil ealth membership of patients as the staterun health insurance firm promised to settle its obli ations by the end of une.

Phil ealth has promised to pay us by the end of une so e ill ait for that. or the meantime, e decided not to do anythin yet,” P APi president ustico imene said.

arlier, P APi as considerin not honorin the Phil ealth membership of patients because of the delayed release of reimbursements.

PHAPi complained that PhilHealth as ta in at least six months to pa private hospitals for their services severel affectin their operations.

imene said that in ulacan alone around private hospitals have complained a out unpaid services for PhilHealth mem ers man amountin to millions of pesos.

PHAPi as considerin lettin patients pa for PhilHealth s share in their hospital ills and directl appl for reim ursements ith the state health insurance firm.

PhilHealth president and chief executive officer Alexander Padilla admitted the dela and attri uted it to connectivit pro lems caused the implementation of the case- ased pa ment s stem this ear.

imene said PHAPi ould see if PhilHealth eeps its promise.

f e don t ive in no e ould e the one to e faulted. As much as e ant to serve patients e cannot do so if e run out of funds to pa our staff our electric or ater ills and our suppliers. o let s see hat ill happen he added.

ean hile alaca an said esterda there ere inaccuracies in the accusations of dela ed reim ursements addin that PhilHealth has made pa ments to several hospitals.

eput presidential spo esperson A i ail alte said over radio dzRB that contrar to the alle ations of imene PhilHealth has no pa ment ac lo s in some hospitals ein mentioned.

he cited the P million in alle ed unpaid claims in an uan de ios Hospital in Pasa it hen there as none. PhilHealth has paid claims e uivalent to P . million.

he noted that the normal minimum turnaround time for claims in an uan de ios Hospital is da s for processin .

n alam a octors Hospital in a una there as alle edl P million in unpaid claims ut ased on records there ere onl claims returned for incomplete documentation amountin to P million alte said.

he also cited other hospitals li e the estern isa as edical enter here there as reportedl P million in alle ed unpaid claims ut PhilHealth found it had no pa ment ac lo in the hospital.

alte said these data must e put out as a matter of record to correct the inaccurate accusations.