Tag: PhilHealth officials

Ombudsman imposes 6-month preventive suspension on some incumbent, former PhilHealth officials

(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has imposed a preventive suspension on some former and incumbent PhilHealth officials. Ordered suspended for six months without pay were Roy Ferrer, Celestina Ma. Jude dela Serna, Ruben John Basa, Dennis Mas, Shirley Domingo, Rodolfo del Rosario Jr., Raul Dominic Badilla, Israel Pargas, Angelito Grande, Lawrence Mijares, Leila Tuazon, Eugenio Donatos II and Clementine Bautista, based on two resolutions. Ferrer, Dela Serna, Badilla, Paragas, Grande, Mijares, Donatos […]

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Six PhilHealth regional officers go on leave

(Eagle News) — Six Philippine Health Insurance Corporation regional officers have filed their leaves amid the ongoing probes into alleged corruption in the state insurer. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the six, however, were not the “mafia” mentioned by Senator Panfilo Lacson  who he said controls PhilHealth’s multi-billion peso operations. The PhilHealth officials, who were identified as regional vice presidents Paolo Johann Perez (Mimaropa), Valerie Anne Hollero (Western Visayas), Datu Masiding Alonto Jr. (Northern Mindanao), […]

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PhilHealth denies corruption allegations vs its senior officials

(Eagle News) — PhilHealth on Thursday, Aug. 6, denied the corruption allegations made by a newly-resigned employee against its senior officials. In a statement, PhilHealth said its senior officials never pocketed around P15 billion as alleged by Thorrsson Montes Keith during a Senate hearing on Aug. 4. Keith was PhilHealth’s anti-fraud officer who cited “widespread corruption” as one of the reasons for his resignation in his letter to PhilHealth chief Ricardo Morales in July. According […]

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Graft raps filed vs former, current PhilHealth officials over alleged issuance of fake receipts to OFWs

(Eagle News) — Graft charges were filed on Wednesday, Feb. 19, against current and former high-ranking PhilHealth officials for their alleged failure to act on the supposed issuance of fake receipts to Overseas Filipino Workers. Charged before the Ombudsman were  Dennis Mas, former regional vice president for PhilHealth’s Metro Manila office; Ruben Basa, PhilHealth’s former chief operating officer; Narisa Sugay, then-PhilHealth vice president for member management group; and Gilda Diaz, vice President of PhilHealth’s Office […]

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