800 private hospitals may be barred from PhilHealth’s YAKAPThe Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPI) said PhilHealth advised them to hire a service provider capable of installing the EMR, which cost they would have to shoulder. MANILA, Philippines — Some 800 private hospitals will be barred from participating in the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth)’s Yaman ng Kalusugan program (YAKAP) if they fail to install an electronic medical records (EMR) system by June this year. The Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPI) said PhilHealth advised them to hire a service provider capable of installing the EMR, which cost they would have to shoulder. “PhilHealth’s threat to bar hospitals from Yakap participation if they fail to install EMR is coercive and unfair,” said PHAPI. De Grano added that imposing an additional expense is unreasonable and contrary to the spirit of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Law.

Source: Philippine Star March 12, 2026 16:33 UTC