First and foremost, I’d like to warmly express my deepest gratitude to all participants for attending

todays seminar, regardless of how busy you are, especially to our resource speaker ma’am Florife H.
Pabingwit and to our instructor ma’am Cecil Lagaras. I’m Michael Y. Batalla and allow me to take this
opportunity to provide you a brief background of what we will be tackling for this seminar.

Before we delve into details, I want to take a moment to highlight the importance of this seminar. As
we all know, PhilHealth plays a crucial role in ensuring access to healthcare services for Filipinos.
Understanding the auditing process in PhilHealth operations, especially within hospital settings, is
vital for ensuring transparency, accountability, and the efficient utilization of resources.

Today's seminar will focus on the crucial role of PhilHealth in the Philippine healthcare landscape. As
we delve into the intricacies of PhilHealth's functions, its relationship with hospitals, audit procedures,
key accounting practices, common audit findings, and future trends, we aim to gain an understanding
of how PhilHealth influences healthcare financing and delivery in the country.

Once again, thank you all for attending this seminar. I encourage everyone to actively engage and
recognize the valuable insights we will gain, appreciating the knowledge that will be shared by our
resource speaker. Let us not confine these learnings to this room but carry them forward as we
pursue our aspirations