The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday welcomed the appointment of Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. as acting president and chief executive officer of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth).
At a press briefing, DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said Ledesma had the qualifications for the post given his management and governance experience.
“PhilHealth, it’s like any other agency but of course, you need to have the technical know-how, especially on financing actuary, insurance systems, but part of the work would always be managerial. Because you are going to oversee and guide the entire organization on delivering the objectives of your mandate,” she added.
“So we will wait, but the direction in PhilHealth, that would be one of the guidance we will give to Ledesma to continue on and to facilitate that we have these reforms be expedited,” she said. Vergeire said in support of the President’s directive, there would be a third-party assessment to better evaluate and determine the weaknesses of the agency’s system to further improve.Ledesma previously served as president and CEO of the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation.under the Marcos administration, also assumed his position and took his oath last week, according to Vergeire.
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