Some LGUs behind Philhealth scam

SOME local government units (LGUs) are behind the “recruitment” of patients who are subjected to unnecessary medical procedures whose cost will be partly shouldered by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth), an official of the Department of Health (DOH) revealed Wednesday.

During the continuation of the Senate blue ribbon investigation on questionable Philhealth claims, Dr. Ma. Dominga Padilla, head executive staff at the DOH, said some LGUs are using government resources and even employees to recruit patients in barangays (villages) and bring them to a private hospital or ambulatory surgical center to undergo surgery that will be charged later to Philhealth.