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Rhodina Villanueva - The Philippine Star
February 20, 2026 | 12:00am
Patients infected with dengue rest at a hospital ward in Manila.
AFP / Ted Aljibe
MANILA, Philippines — A group of private hospitals said the government still owes them over P400 million for medical services they rendered under the Medical Assistance for Indigent and Financially Incapacitated Patients (MAIFIP) program.
The Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPI) said 17 member hospitals in Calabarzon are still waiting for their receivables amounting to some P405 million.
“It can even be more, considering that it is only around 41 percent of the total number of private hospitals in Batangas,” PHAPI president Jose Rene de Grano said.
According to him, private hospitals were reimbursed some P500 million under MAIFIP last year.
“However, receivables of private hospitals, mostly from last year including this year, have again accumulated,” he said.
The group lamented the slow reimbursement of guarantee letters under MAIFIP which affects the cash flow of private hospitals.
