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PhilHealth yet to reimburse hospital claims in Iloilo, Tuguegarao: local execs

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/06/21/20200905-philhealth-facade-gc-3735.jpg"/><figcaption>The facade of the PhilHealth Head Office in Pasig City on September 5, 2020. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - State-insurer PhilHealth has yet to reimburse the funds of hospitals and temporary treatment medical facilities (TTMFs) in the cities of Tuguegarao and Iloilo, local chief executives said Monday.</p><p>Hospitals in Iloilo City are on full capacity as COVID-19 cases surged in the region&#x27;s urban center, according to Mayor Jerry Trenas.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/24/21/iloilo-city-hospitals-full-cant-expand-bed-capacity-due-to-philhealth-debt-mayor">Iloilo City hospitals full, can&#x27;t expand bed capacity due to PhilHealth debt: mayor</a></li></ul><p>&quot;It&#x27;s very difficult to operate since PhilHealth has not paid them. Last March the billings of hospitals to PhilHealth amounted to almost P1 billion,&quot; he told ABS-CBN&#x27;s Teleradyo.</p><p>Hospitals and TTMFs in Tuguegarao City has also yet to receive payment from PhilHealth, said Mayor Jefferson Soriano.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/11/21/lack-of-isolation-facilities-led-to-covid-19-boom-in-tuguegarao-says-gov">Lack of isolation facilities led to COVID-19 boom in Tuguegarao, says gov</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/30/21/di-mapigilan-na-social-gatherings-tuguegarao-starts-10-day-ecq-as-covid-cases-rise">&#x27;Di mapigilan na social gatherings&#x27;: Tuguegarao starts 10-day ECQ as COVID cases rise</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Sumulat na po ako kay (Health) Secretary (Francisco) Duque para tulungan kami dito, pati private hospitals namin dito sumulat na sa&#x27;kin for intervention sa PhilHealth kasi wala pa rin pong nababayaran,&quot; he said.</p><p>(I have written to Secretary Duque to help us. Private hospitals have also reached out to me for intervention because PhilHealth has yet to pay them.)</p><p>The mayor said the city&#x27;s number of active COVID-19 cases has declined following more than 2 months of moderate enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), the second strictest lockdown.</p><p>The surge last April and May resulted in &quot;more than 50 percent&quot; of active cases that the city reported since the pandemic spread last year while deaths due to coronavirus leapt to 118 from 24 in March, he said. </p><p>The state insurer earlier this year implemented a Debit-Credit Payment Method (DCPM), which was aimed to speed up reimbursements to hospitals.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/06/19/21/philhealth-debit-credit-reimbursement">P6.3 billion released under PhilHealth debit-credit reimbursement system: acting spox</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/23/21/philhealth-debit-credit-payment-hospitals">Palace: PhilHealth debit-credit reimbursement expands to all high, critical risk areas</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1710610" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>State-insurer PhilHealth has yet to reimburse the funds of hospitals and temporary treatment medical facilities in the cities of Tuguegarao and Iloilo, local chief executives said Monday.</p>

State-insurer PhilHealth has yet to reimburse the funds of hospitals and temporary treatment medical facilities in the cities of Tuguegarao and Iloilo, local chief executives said Monday.