healthcare

Qatari firm lines up $3-B investments in PH

A Doha-based investment firm is lining up $3 billion in potential investments in the Philippines,…

HMO industry profits quadrupled in 2025

Health maintenance organizations (HMO) in the Philippines posted a fourfold jump in industry-wide bottom line…

mWell pushes for greater reach across remote areas

Manuel Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific Health Tech Corp. seeks to seal a stronger partnership with the…

PIDS study calls for tighter PhilHealth fraud controls

As the Universal Health Care (UHC) law reshapes hospital payments, a new study is calling…

SEC urges private hospitals to tap capital market funding

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is urging private hospitals to tap the capital market…

Health-care firm 1Life hits 1M customers 

Filipino health-care provider 1Life Inc. has reached one million patients in two years through its…

BPI rolls out cash benefit plan for critical illnesses

The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) and its insurance arm have launched a critical…

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…

St. Luke’s invests in new breast care facility

St. Luke’s Medical Center has launched a new unit for breast care, pitching what it…