(UPDATE) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appointed Dr. Edwin Mercado, a US-trained orthopedic surgeon, as president and chief executive officer of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), Malacañang said Tuesday.
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appointed Dr. Edwin Mercado, a US-trained orthopedic surgeon, as president and chief executive officer of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. , Malacañang said Tuesday.Mercado, who replaced Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. as head of the state insurer, took his oath before the president in Malacañang on Tuesday, the Presidential Communications Office said.
A lecturer at the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health on global supply chain, research methods, and implementation science, Mercado is also a guest lecturer at the University of the Philippines College of Public Health on medical processes and programs.Mercado is studying the cost of per-member payment for global coverage of inpatient services.
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