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(Eagle News)–The two people who revealed the dialysis scam in Wellmed clinic in Quezon City have been arrested. Edwin Roberto and Leizel Santos de Leon were reportedly nabbed in connection with the estafa case filed against them over the processing of PhilHealth claims even of deceased patients at the clinic. Roberto and De Leon had been admitted to the Witness Protection Program but they lost their privileges after the case was refiled with the Metropolitan […]
(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation has filed raps against 21 Philippine Health Insurance Corporation officials and employees over the accreditation of Wellmed despite allegations it was involved in a massive dialysis scam. NBI Director Dante A. Gierran said charged for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, the National Health Insurance Act of 2013 and the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees were the following: 1. Dr. RIZZA […]
(Eagle News) – Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra confirmed that the two whistleblowers of the WellMed Dialysis Center who exposed the ghost dialysis claims made by the center, have been admitted provisionally into the Witness Protection Program. The former WellMed employees who were granted provisional admission into the WPP under the Department of Justice (DOJ) are Edwin Roberto and Liezel Aileen De Leon. “They were provisionally admitted into the WPP, good for 90 days,” Guevarra said. […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation on Tuesday, June 18, withdrew its accreditation of WellMed Dialysis Center. PhilHealth said it made the move in light of the ghost dialysis mess that has led to charges being filed against one of its owners, Bryan Sy, and the two whistleblowers, Edwin Roberto and Liezel Aileen de Leon. Charges were filed against seven other WellMed employees. “PhilHealth accreditation is a privilege granted to qualified health care providers for […]
(Eagle News)–A Manila court has ordered the release of a co-owner of WellMed, which has been accused of claiming PhilHealth benefits of deceased patients. This was after Bryan Sy posted a P72,000 bail before Branch 6 Metropolitan Trial Court Judge Jerome Jimenez’s sala. Sy and several others face charges of estafa through falsification of documents in connection with the incident. He was arrested after he surfaced at the National Bureau of Investigation to supposedly clear […]
7 WellMed employees ordered subjected to preliminary probe (Eagle News)–The Department of Justice has found probable cause for the estafa through falsification charges filed against Bryan Sy, a co-owner of WellMed Dialysis Center accused of claiming PhilHealth benefits of deceased patients. In a nine-page inquest resolution, Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Anna Noreen Devanadera, also found probable cause for the same charges against former employees Edwin Roberto and Liezel de Leon, who had revealed the scam. […]
(Eagle News)–A Manila court has junked the petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by the camp of Bryan Sy, owner of WellMed Dialysis Center accused of processing PhilHealth benefits of deceased patients. In a three-page order, Branch 20 Judge Marivic Basili-Umali said the “singular function of a petition for habeas corpus” after all was “to inquire into the cause of detention of a person.” “That there is no probable cause for the warrantless arrest […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will meet with executives of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. following reports a medical center in Quezon City was processing medical benefits of deceased patients. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the officials were expected to submit a detailed report on the supposed claims by Wellmed Dialysis Center in Novaliches. The meeting was scheduled to take place days after Duterte ordered the arrest of the owners of the medical facility. Wellmed owners […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the filing of criminal charges against those involved in the alleged fraud and corruption at the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, particularly fraudulent claims on “ghost” dialysis cases. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that the President had already directed the Philhealth management to “submit a detailed report” on the alleged irregularities. “The President directs the management of the Philhealth to institute criminal actions against those officials and […]
