MMAPA representatives offered tangible solutions to long-standing inequity in federal health care funding during fly-in meetings with congressional leaders and policymakers from both parties June 17, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, representatives from the Medicaid and Medicare Advantage Products Association of Puerto Rico (MMAPA) met with policymakers and members of Read more…
Hill meetings echo the calls of health care experts presenting at Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón’s Monday briefing on systemic funding inequities June 13, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Beginning today, meetings between lawmakers and Puerto Rico health care equity advocates from the Medicaid and Medicare Advantage Products Association of Puerto Rico Read more…
MMAPA urges Congress to pass proposals from the resident commissioner designed to strengthen federal health programs for the American citizens of Puerto Rico June 9, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón introduced H.R. 7997, the Achieving Equity in the Treatment of Dual Eligible Beneficiaries Act, which would Read more…
April 27, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Medicaid and Medicare Advantage Products Association of Puerto Rico (MMAPA) expressed frustration that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) missed an opportunity to address long-standing inequities in Puerto Rico’s Medicare Advantage (MA) program with the new base payments for 2023. Read more…
Members of Congress pen bipartisan letter to Secretary Becerra urging a solution to disparities in Medicare Advantage, the backbone of seniors’ health care in Puerto Rico March 24, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Board of Directors of the Medicaid and Medicare Advantage Products Association of Puerto Rico (MMAPA) issued Read more…
Medicare Advantage (MA) rates present a perfect opportunity for CMS to act on inequities in federal programs ahead of the 2023 MA rates announcement on April 4th; MA rates in Puerto Rico have dropped to 41% below the U.S. average since passage of the Affordable Care Act March 18, 2022 Read more…
Washington, D.C. – The Board of Directors of the Medicaid and Medicare Advantage Products Association of Puerto Rico (MMAPA) announced today that the organization has elected Roberto Pando Cintrón as President for the 2022–2023 term. Pando Cintrón is the President of MMAPA member company MCS Advantage, Inc., and he will lead Read more…
Bipartisan members of Congress call on Biden administration to address long-standing funding disparities in Puerto Rico’s Medicare Advantage program WASHINGTON, D.C. — Roberto García, president of the Medicaid and Medicare Advantage Products Association of Puerto Rico (MMAPA) issued the following statement today on a bipartisan letter to President Biden urging Read more…
MMAPA letter underscores the critical need for a comprehensive, long-term funding solution for Puerto Rico’s federal health care programs March 22, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, the Medicaid and Medicare Advantage Products Association (MMAPA), a nonprofit organization composed of the leading Medicaid and Medicare Advantage organizations in Puerto Rico, Read more…
García alerted Congressional staff that, without action, a $1 billion funding shortfall for Puerto Rico’s Medicaid program will affect hundreds of thousands of people on the island amid a global pandemic February 22, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, MMAPA President Roberto García participated in a webinar on Puerto Rico’s Read more…