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PhilHealth ‘most corrupt’ agency, says PACC chief
By Fernan Angeles GONE are the days when the Bureau of Customs and the Bureau of Internal Revenue lorded over the list of government agencies where corruption allegedly thrives. No less than the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission chief Greco Belgica hinted at the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation as the become number one on the list of…
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NBI to check PhilHealth claim over lost records
By Fernan Angeles THE Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) does not seem to buy the claim of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) which blamed heavy rains over their failure to submit pertinent documents seen crucial in the ongoing investigation of massive corruption at the state insurer. PACC commissioner Greco Belgica said he has already sent…
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AMLC help sought to track down PhilHealth money trail
By Fernan Angeles KNOWN for its capability to track down plundered money, the Senate is seriously looking into the possibility of tapping the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) in tracing the owner of the dialysis center which received over P45 million from PhilHealth through its Interim Reimbursement Mechanism (IRM). In a virtual forum with newsmen, Senator…
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Delicadeza, intolerance compelled 2 PhilHealth officials to quit
By John Clifford Lintao SHORT of admitting the mafia operations at the state insurer, two former officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation cited delicadeza and intolerance amid massive corruption as the main reasons why they resigned. Former PhilHealth senior vice president Augustus De Villa said delicadeza was one the reasons why he filed his…
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36 officials linked to PhilHealth anomalies
By John Clifford Lintao AT least 36 officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) may have something to do with the highly irregular overpayments allegedly made to hospitals, says the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission chief Greco Belgica. Belgica however declined to name the officials, whose names have already been forwarded to the Office of the…