MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. said Tuesday it withdrew the accreditation of WellMed Dialysis Center following reports that the facility made bogus benefit claims for non-existent kidney treatments. “WellMed patients are advised to transfer to other accredited dialysis facilities to ensure continuous availment of PhilHealth benefits,” the state-run health insurer said in a Twitter post. Officials of PhilHealth told a press conference last week that administrative cases were filed against WellMed in Novaliches, Quezon City last November for misrepresentation and falsification. But Secretary to the Cabinet Karlo Nograles said Duterte might keep the PhilHealth officials until replacements are found. PhilHealth said payments for all claims filed by WellMed had been suspended as early as February.

Source: Philippine Star June 18, 2019 06:06 UTC