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The Commission on Audit has ordered PhilHealth to return more than P6 million worth of funds distributed to their employees as a “cash birthday gift” in 2014 on grounds of unjust enrichment.According to a 24 Oras report by Maki Pulido on Thursday, officials and more than 600 employees of the state health insurer received P5,000 cash as birthday gifts from April 2010 until April 2013 due to a collective negotiation agreement between the PhilHealth management and the employees union.
According to COA, the cash birthday gift was not included in the list of exempted allowances under the salary standardization law and may be considered double compensation.They also added that the PhilHealth officials who allowed the cash birthday gifts did not act “in good faith” as there were already protocols set in place, and that they cannot justify and must be held accountable for illegal actions.
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