Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 11:52:36 +0000
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III assured on Wednesday that he has nothing to do with the leasing of a family-owned building to PhilHealth.
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Read moreCredit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 06:38:46 +0000
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Sunday released Bryan Sy, the owner of WellMed Dialysis Center which was tagged in a ‘ghost dialysis’ scheme.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:34:59 +0000
A Manila court on Saturday ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to release the detained owner of WellMed Dialysis Center
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 13:33:38 +0000
“Don’t just remove! Prosecute and prosecute fast!”This was what Sen. Richard Gordon on Saturday said about the removal of the board members of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth) in connection with the “ghost dialysis” scandal.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 11:35:06 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Saturday denied that he would want Health Secretary Francisco Duque III removed from his post. However, he noted in a text message to INQUIRER.net that letting Duque keep his post would be “an indictment of our system of double standard in our government which is wrong because […]
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Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 10:30:38 +0000
MANILA, Philippines–The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday (June 14) indicted WellMed Dialysis Center co-owner Dr. Bryan Sy in connection with “ghost” dialysis sessions paid by the Philippine Health Insurance Co. (PhilHealth). “The investigating prosecutors found probable cause to indict Bryan Christopher Sy and two other officers for the complex crime of estafa thru falsification […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 08:46:27 +0000
Health Secretary Francisco Duque has reminded critics that the case against him for the alleged misuse of OWWA funds has long been dismissed.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 10:05:22 +0000
The NBI has widened the scope of its investigation into the anomalies surrounding the “ghost” claims to PhilHealth.
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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:25:14 +0000
Some doctors and officials of Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) are getting from the state insurance firm P16,000 to P32,000 for each “ghost” treatment, former Health Secretary Janette Garin said on Wednesday.
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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:24:58 +0000
Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) said on Wednesday that it tried to verify with the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) if a number of WellMed Dialysis Center’s patients had died, but the agency turned down its request.
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