Guingona: Senate to probe scam on PhilHealth claims
MALASIQUI—Sen. Teofisto Guingona III said the Senate will conduct next month a probe on the alleged scam regarding Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) fraudulent claims by some accredited eye clinics/centers that conduct eye operation on patients even if these are unnecessary to exact fee from this government agency.
Guingona, chairman of Senate Blue Ribbon Committee and the Committee on Health, told local newsmen here Thursday after his dialogue with members of the Barangay Health Workers, that this latest anomaly will unearth where many eye operations were done “even if there is no need for such just to get payment from PhilHealth”.
“It is not only risky. Some people had gone blind,” he said.
“Why do that? That’s why we call it a scam,” he said, adding there are so-called “solicitors” who go around looking for people and encouraging them to undergo eye operations, like cataract. (Tita Roces)
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