MANILA – The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) paid PHP321.22 billion in benefit claims nationwide from Jan. 1 to Oct. 2, up 47.4 percent from PHP 217.93 billion during the same period in 2025.
In a public advisory on Monday, the state insurer said payments to private health facilities reached PHP188.31 billion, up 47.36 percent from PHP127.79 billion a year earlier.
Payments to government facilities totaled PHP132.91 billion, a 47.44 percent increase from PHP90.14 billion during the same period last year.
PhilHealth also reported an average nationwide turnaround time of 17 days for paying valid claims as of Oct. 1, 2026.
The figures were based on reports of checks issued and payment advice, including daily crediting payments made through PhilHealth regional offices in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Region 4-A (Calabarzon), Zamboanga Peninsula, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, and Caraga.
