Treñas, in his letter, said the claims of the hospitals and laboratory had reached P860,498,345.28Demanding answersThese include Western Visayas Medical Center, which is claiming P349.72 million and St. Paul’s Hospital Iloilo, with P100.87 million. Others are Iloilo Mission Hospital (P99.64 million), Metro Iloilo Hospital and Medical Center (P78 million), The Medical City Iloilo (P73.44 million), Iloilo Doctors’ Hospital (P38.26 million), West Visayas State University Medical Center (P36.56 million), QualiMed Hospital Iloilo (P30.39 million) and Uswag Molecular Laboratory (P53.57 million). Continued resistance and prolonged inaction from PhilHealth may foreseeably result in the collapse of our health-care system in [Western Visayas],” Treñas added. ADVERTISEMENTIn August last year, Treñas also called the attention of PhilHealth over unpaid claims of hospitals amounting to P521 million. PhilHealth in Western Visayas had said in its statement that some claims were returned for lacking requirements, including documents or signatures.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 20, 2021 21:00 UTC