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Press Release
Feb 3
New Medicare Advantage Payment Rule Fails to Address HistoricDisparities for Beneficiaries in Puerto Rico
The payment proposal published on January 10 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the Medicare Advantage (MA) fails...
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Press Release
Oct 31, 2024
On the 'tightrope' of home services for seniors
They fear that the federal government will reduce payments to health providers. A new cut to the payment of traditional Medicare home...
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Press Release
Oct 31, 2024
Puerto Rico: MMAPA and other entities ask CMS to maintain base payments for home health providers under Medicare
The cuts proposed for 2025 will further exacerbate the disparity for thousands of elderly patients on the island Medicare es un programa...
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Press Release
Oct 15, 2024
Traditional Medicare payments for Puerto Rico Home Health providers are reduced for 2025, worsening the disparity for the most vulnerable beneficiaries
MMAPA and community organizations ask CMS to maintain floor values for the geographic wage index in the home health payment formula for...
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Press Release
Jul 31, 2024
Puerto Rico Hospital Association and MMAPA Continue Efforts to Improve Traditional Medicare Payments for Puerto Rico Hospitals
San Juan, PR (July 23, 2024) The Medicaid and Medicare Advantage Products Association of Puerto Rico (MMAPA) and the Puerto Rico Hospital...
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Press Release
Apr 15, 2024
Nydia Velázquez and other 12 U.S. Democratic Representatives call to improve Medicare Advantage Plans in Puerto Rico
Click here to read the original article published on El Nuevo Día
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Press Release
Apr 12, 2024
CMS Final Medicare Advantage Rate Notice for 2025 worsens funding gap for beneficiaries in Puerto Rico
MMAPA and Healthcare Coalition will continue to seek fair solutions for US senior citizens living on the island San Juan (April 4, 2024)...
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Press Release
Apr 9, 2024
Puerto Rico’s Medicare Advantage disparity in Puerto Rico will “worsen,” warns MMAPA
Click here to read the original article published on El Nuevo Día
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Press Release
Mar 25, 2024
Request for additional information on Medicare Advantage by HHS Secretary Becerra gives hope to seniors and health providers in PR
For Immediate Release Contact: Melisa Diaz 202.285.0785 /melisa@melisadiaz.com March 20, 2024, San Juan, Puerto Rico – The Puerto Rico...
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Press Release
Mar 8, 2024
How Medicare leaves Puerto Ricans behind
The historically underfunding of the Medicare Advantage program in Puerto Rico seriously affects our elderly, especially those who suffer...
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Article
Feb 13, 2024
‘This is it’: Puerto Rico hopes time is now for Medicare Advantage pay fix
by Robert King, POLITICO February 9, 2024 https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/02/this-is-it-puerto-rico-hopes-time-is-now-for...
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Article
Jan 30, 2024
Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez and 12 other Democrats ask to improve payments to Medicare Advantage plans in Puerto Rico
warned that payments to Puerto Rico plans are 39% below the average at the United States level. “It is very clear that Additional...
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Press Release
Jan 30, 2024
21 professional and health organizations urge HHS to implement 3 specific and immediate initiatives to close the gap in federal funding for MA in Puerto Rico.
San Juan, November 14, 2023 – A group of 20 health-related entities and associations joined the Puerto Rico Medicaid and Medicare...
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Press Release
Jan 24, 2024
Medicare Advantage Plans in Puerto Rico report hundreds of millions in losses for first half of 2023
(San Juan, August 24, 2023) Official financial reports filed by Puerto Rico Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations as of and for the six...
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Roberto Pando
Jan 23, 2024
Moral and economic duty with health
Roberto Pando President of the Medicaid and Medicare Advantage Products Association Puerto Rico has been facing challenges for years to...
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Press Release
Sep 14, 2023
Amid Continued Disparities, MMAPA Urges CMS for Improvements to the 2024 Medicare IPPS Proposed Rule
MMAPA expresses support for the Puerto Rico Hospital Association’s recommendations to ensure the 2024 Medicare IPPS Proposed Rule...
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Article
Sep 13, 2023
ICYMI: MMAPA Co-Hosts Series of Virtual Town Halls With HHS on Healthcare for Americans in Puerto Ri
MMAPA is grateful for the experts at HHS who helped lead these town halls and provided information and answers to questions on healthcare...
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Press Release
Sep 12, 2023
MMAPA Partners With HHS to Host Virtual Town Hall Series With Americans in Puerto Rico
The series of virtual town halls, which ran last week and is continuing this week, is focused on vaccination and healthcare on the island...
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Article
Sep 11, 2023
MA Rate Announcement Still Imposes Disproportionate Risk Model Reductions to Puerto Rico, But Change
“MMAPA and the healthcare community in Puerto Rico will continue to work with the Biden Administration on a path forward that advances...
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Article
Sep 10, 2023
VIDEO: Senator Menendez Expresses Concerns About Impact of Medicare Changes for Americans in Puerto
At a hearing, the Senator said the administration’s proposed changes to the MA risk model “could impose the largest year-to-year...
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