IMPACTIVO, LLC, a social impact consulting firm, announced Tuesday the opening of the "Advanced Public Health Leadership Program" of the U.S. Health Department's Region II Public Health Training Center.
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló sent a letter Wednesday to Acting-Secretary of Health and Human Services, Norris Cochran, advocating for increased funding to the Medicare Advantage plans operating in Puerto Rico, which serve over 570,000 elderly island residents including some of the most vulnerable among them.
The Association of Insurance Companies of Puerto Rico (known as ACODESE for its Spanish acronym) blasted Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla’s decision to veto House Resolution 2698, which would have confirmed the exemption of medical services from the 4 percent business-to-business tax.