health

HMO profits tripled in third quarter 2025

Philippine health maintenance organizations (HMOs) tripled their aggregate profit in the third quarter of 2025.…

Pangilinan’s plan to hike stake in hospital chain stalled

Billionaire Manuel V. Pangilinan’s plan to hike interest in Metro Pacific Health Corp. (MPH), the…

Heart disease still the leading cause of deaths in PH

Heart diseases, neoplasms and cerebrovascular diseases are still the leading causes of death in the…

US health-care giant BSMH sets up business processing hub in BGC

American health-care giant Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) has opened a global business processing hub…

Youth health awareness high, but action lacking–Manulife study

Young Filipinos know what it takes to stay healthy, but far fewer follow through, highlighting…

Apeco teams up with Freya for health center

The Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (Apeco) and medical device distributor Freya Trading…

AC Health acquires majority stake in Cebu Hospital

Ayala Healthcare Holdings Inc. (AC Health) has acquired a majority stake in a Cebu hospital,…

Temasek fund seals deal to buy 16% of AC Health

The Ayala Group has closed its deal with Singapore’s Temasek Group for the latter to…

Spending on health care, experience the new luxe barometer 

What are “crazy rich Asians” spending their money on? Health, apparently, is wealth in the…

In the pink of health: HMO industry doubled H1 profits

Profits of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) more than doubled in the first half, as fatter…