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MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Saturday that he is “comfortable” right now with the new officials in charge of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), saying they will not allow the funds. of the agency in the 2021 national budget. be corrupted.
“Yes, for now, I am comfortable with the leaders and then the supervisory functions should be used well because we are already carrying … because the previous delivery is the problem,” Sotto told DWIZ when asked if the new officials from PhilHealth would not allow wrongdoing at the agency. funds in the 2021 budget.
(Yes, for now, I am comfortable with the new leaders and the supervisory functions should be used correctly because we already learned our lesson … because before the problems in the agency were increasing.)
Anakalusugan Party List Representative Mike Defender said PhilHealth is expected to receive P71.4 billion in the 2021 national budget. The House of Representatives began budget deliberations on Friday, September 4.
President Rodrigo Duterte appointed the former director of the National Investigations Office, Dante Gierran, as the new director of the state insurance company.
Gierran replaced former PhilHealth chief Ricardo Morales, who was asked to resign due to his health condition amid irregularities at the agency.
Gierran has already been ordered to reorganize officials within the state insurance company.
Among those being investigated at Philhealth are alleged anomalies in the state insurance company’s management of the Interim Reimbursement Mechanism (IRM), which is an emergency cash advance for hospitals in response to natural disasters.
/ MUF
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