The government said that St. Luke\u2019s Hospital in Manila has resumed accepting medical referrals patients from the CNMI following the Retirement Fund\u2019s decision to extend a third party administrator\u2019s contract until February next year.<\/p>\n
Retirement Fund administrator Karl T. Reyes said that St. Luke\u2019s refused to treat CNMI patients beginning April or shortly after the agency announced its non-renewal of Hawaii Pacific Medical Referral\u2019s contract, which expires July 31 this year.<\/p>\n
Reyes said the St. Luke\u2019s issue was actually between the hospital, HPMR, and StayWell, a private health insurance provider.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not party to that. But we\u2019re told that the situation has been back to normal since yesterday,\u201d said Reyes on Friday.<\/p>\n
He said that information reaching the Fund showed that StayWell holds office inside the hospital and facilitates the treatment of CNMI patients.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey look at the patients\u2019 doctors\u2019 need, they take billing, and charge HPMR,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
There are reportedly only two CNMI patients receiving medical treatment at St. Luke\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Meantime, the Fund has decided to keep HPMR services, at least until February 2005, pending the full privatization of the Fund\u2019s Group Health and Life Insurance Program.<\/p>\n
The Fund hopes to complete the privatization process by March 2005. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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