Charges filed vs PhilHealth officials over fake receipts

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 09:29:03 +0000

Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque and former Philippine Overseas Employment Administration employee and whistleblower Ken Sarmiento yesterday filed charges before the Ombudsman against four officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. over the issuance of over 200 fake premium receipts to overseas Filipino workers.

The complaint was filed against PhilHealth Senior Vice President Dennis Mas, Executive Vice President Ruben John Basa, Vice President for Member Management Group Narisa Sugay, and Vice President for National Capital Region Gilda Salvacion Diaz.

The respondents were accused of violating Section 3(e) of Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, dereliction of duty, grave misconduct, gross neglect of duty, grave abuse of discretion, and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of service.

Sarmiento, deployed at the PhilHealth operations office at the POEA, was tasked to administer the National Health Insurance Program for OFWs and their dependents.

But from 2015 to 2018, he discovered 224 questionable PhilHealth official receipts that were issued by liaison officers of several hiring agen
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