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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 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 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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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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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 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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