MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. still has to pay about P714 million to the Philippine Red Cross for its COVID-19 testing. ADVERTISEMENTThe agency recently made a payment of about P123 million to Red Cross but it still has to settle its payment of about P714 million to the humanitarian organization. Abadu explained that it cannot process immediately the claims of Red Cross as it was only submitted recently. Red Cross chairman and CEO Senator Richard Gordon earlier said the organization could suspend its COVID-19 testing due to the failure of PhilHealth to pay its remaining balances. READ: PRC most likely to suspend COVID-19 testing due to PhilHealth’s debtPhilHealth is currently under fire following claims of massive corruption within the agency.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 17, 2020 04:07 UTC