MANILA, Philippines —The owner of a private dialysis center who has been accused of defrauding Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) by submitting claims for dead patients was arrested on Monday. Bryan Christopher Sy of WellMed Dialysis Center in Novaliches, Quezon City, was arrested when he showed up at the National Bureau of Investigation headquarters in Manila. In an affidavit, Roberto said WellMed made successful benefit claims on dialysis package for the dead patients. No warrantThere was no warrant against Sy, who came to the NBI after being invited for questioning on the dialysis scam. He added that the PhilHealth claims made by WellMed were still pending so the crime was continuing.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 10, 2019 23:15 UTC