November 19, 2024 – Through Mayor Albee Benitez’s effort and support in the city’s health sector, the City of Bacolod’s Bacolod City Comprehensive Health Program (BacCHP) held a post-health summit meeting with various health stakeholders today at the L’Fisher Hotel, Bacolod City.

The meeting was attended by Mayor Albee Benitez, Chairman Committee on Health and Councilor Kalaw Puentevella, BacCHP Officer and Special Assistant to the Mayor Engr. Mae Cuaycong, and Special Adviser for Health Dr. Eric Saratan, together with seven partner hospitals of the BacCHP program of the city, including the Bacolod Adventist Medical Center (BAMC), Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH), The Doctors’ Hospital, Riverside Medical Center, Metro Bacolod General Hospital (MBGH), South Bacolod General Hospital (SBGH), and the Bacolod Queen of Mercy Hospital (BQMH).

PhilHealth and Department of Health-NIR guests were also present such as PhilHealth RVP Lazaro Tabsing, PHIC Medical Specialist Dr. Amalia Fernandez, Arlie Marmolejo, Darren Magbanua, LHIO-Bacolod Edgar Yocariza, DOH-NIR representatives Dr. John Vincent Alabado and Adrian Hort D. Ramon.

The meeting was divided into two parts that featured discussions with PhilHealth and DOH on how the seven hospitals can be assisted for on-time processing of their PhilHealth claims, to lessen the return of hospitals and denied claims, and the efficient utilization of the Medical Assistance for Indigent and Financially Incapacitated Patients Program (MAIFIPP).
(Source: Bacolod City Public Information Office)