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PhilHealth processes members’ transactions in Quezon City. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File 

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Benise Balaoing

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><br/><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173224347386320230926-philhealth office-MT-6.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="PhilHealth processes members’ transactions in Quezon City. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">PhilHealth processes members’ transactions in Quezon City. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File </em></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA -- State health insurer PhilHealth has released P137.6 billion in claims to 12,000 healthcare facilities nationwide from January to October this year, it said in a statement Friday. </p><p>PhilHealth said this was 37.7 percent higher than the P99.9 billion it paid out in the same period last year.</p><p>The government-owned firm also noted that turnaround time for release of the benefits improved to 25 days, well above the 60 days prescribed under the law. </p><p>Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa in September said PhilHealth still has yet to settle <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/4/philhealth-yet-to-pay-p14-86-b-to-doh-hospitals-herbosa-1843" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">P14.86 billion</a> worth of bills of 71 hospitals under the Department of Health (DOH).</p><p>PhilHealth president and chief executive officer Emmanuel Ledesma said the agency wanted to use artificial intelligence (AI) going forward to disburse claims faster.</p><p>“We have just completed a study conducted by experts on how AI can aid us in receiving and processing claims at break-neck speeds never before seen”, Ledesma said. </p><p>“We are confident that with the support of our healthcare partners, this will happen in the very near future”, he added.  </p><p>Ledesma appealed to hospitals and clinics to ensure their staff submit claims that are complete and free from deficiencies.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/8/16/philhealth-fund-transfer-points-to-fiscal-mess-and-is-illegal-up-econ-prof-1627" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PhilHealth fund transfer points to fiscal mess, and is illegal: UP econ prof</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED STORY:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/__FocpihsOM?&amp;t=6s&amp;ab_channel=ABS-CBNNews&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>PhilHealth has released P137.6 billion in claims to 12,000 healthcare facilities nationwide from January to October this year.</p>

PhilHealth has released P137.6 billion in claims to 12,000 healthcare facilities nationwide from January to October this year.

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PhilHealth releases P137 billion in claims from Jan. to Oct.

Benise Balaoing,

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Published November 22, 2024 10:50 AM PHT

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