MANILA, Philippines — Day-to-day operations of the Cardinal Santos Medical Center has not been managed by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila (RCAM) since 1998, the office said Wednesday. “Thus, in that period, RCAM was not involved in the day-to-day operations of the hospital, and hence was not involved in any transactions with PhilHealth,” the RCAM said. It was earlier revealed that PhilHealth demanded P240 million from Cardinal Santos Medical Center in 2011 because the hospital supposedly “under-deducted” from payment balances of patients. Instead of refunding the said amount, HMI, which managed the hospital, filed a case against PhilHealth. The case ended in a settlement where HMI merely refunded P70 million to PhilHealth.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 26, 2020 08:26 UTC