{"id":265439,"date":"2020-08-16T05:47:44","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T09:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=265439"},"modified":"2020-08-16T05:47:44","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T09:47:44","slug":"covid-19-benefits-available-despite-irm-suspension-philhealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/16\/covid-19-benefits-available-despite-irm-suspension-philhealth\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 benefits available despite IRM suspension: PhilHealth"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_252487\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252487\" style=\"width: 667px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pinoy-nurse-experiences-discrimination-in-Australia-amid-COVID-19-pandemic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-252487 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pinoy-nurse-experiences-discrimination-in-Australia-amid-COVID-19-pandemic.jpg\" alt=\"COVID-19\" width=\"667\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pinoy-nurse-experiences-discrimination-in-Australia-amid-COVID-19-pandemic.jpg 667w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pinoy-nurse-experiences-discrimination-in-Australia-amid-COVID-19-pandemic-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-252487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Through its Covid-19 benefit packages, PhilHealth has assured coverage for patients who need hospitalization, SARS CoV-2 testing and community isolation. (File photo: @adamsky1973\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) on Sunday clarified that the suspension of the Interim Reimbursement Mechanism (IRM) will not affect the availment of Covid-19 benefits or any of its regular benefits by its members.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, PhilHealth said the IRM suspension &#8220;will give way for its review in light of the recent Senate and congressional hearings&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Through its Covid-19 benefit packages, PhilHealth has assured coverage for patients who need hospitalization, SARS CoV-2 testing and community isolation.<\/p>\n<p>It reaffirmed the legality and necessity of the IRM in the country&#8217;s overall Covid-19 response.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The releases follow the strict rules as stated in its Circular No. 2020-0007 which specifies the process by which IRM funding can be obtained by the healthcare facilities. PhilHealth strongly dismisses allegations of \u2018favoritism\u2019 in the disbursement of IRM funds,&#8221; the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>It also acknowledged the continuing clamor of hospitals for the reinstatement of the IRM.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We vow to continue working with the legislators and all the investigating bodies in order to address all of their concerns,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) on Sunday clarified that the suspension of the Interim Reimbursement Mechanism (IRM) will &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":252487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ma-teresa-montemayor","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265439"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265441,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265439\/revisions\/265441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}