MANILA, Philippines – Although it has already been suspended, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) said Friday that its interim mechanism (MRI) is “legal and necessary” for the country’s reaction to COVID-19.
PhilHealth clarifies the following: 1. Suspended MAGNETIC resonance imaging to review the overall implementation and disorders that arise from …
PhilHealth, on its Facebook page, also is confident that COVID-19 benefits for inpatients will continue to be appreciated through its involved members.
“PhilHealth clarifies the following: SUSPENDED MRI to review the overall implementation and issues that arise from Congressional investigations,” PhilHealth’s statement said.
“[PhilHealth] [m] aintainsi that MRI is legal and for the country’s overall reaction to Covid-19,” he added. “The usual benefits for patients hospitalized with COVID-19, tests and network isolation packages will continue to be appreciated by affected members.”
MRI is an advance measure of PhilHealth’s emergency budget to provide hospitals with an emergency fund to respond to herbal, calamity, and other unforeseen disasters.
State fitness insurer announced a suspension of MRI Thursday after several senators called for a transitional closure amid accusations that the publication of the country’s reaction to coronavirus was marred by irregularities.
During Tuesday’s Senate hearing on PhilHealth Mess, the director of PhilHealth Atty. Roberto Labe Jr. said the state insurer had released 14.971 million pesos from the 30 billion pesos MRI fund to more than 700 health services (HCI).
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