MCS launches ‘Conexión de Salud’ initiative to retain physicians in P.R.
October 5, 2018
MCS’ new Conexión de Salud is part of the larger “Vivela MCS” platform and focuses on helping the company’s network providers.
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Op-Ed: We need more than a tourniquet to save our healthcare providers
August 8, 2018
Our shift from a regionalized public health system into a Medicaid managed care system (“La Reforma”) in 1993 changed the landscape of healthcare in Puerto Rico.
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Helmsley Charitable Trust grants $1.3M to support P.R.’s underserved healthcare centers
August 3, 2018
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust announced $1.3 million in new funding to The Solar Foundation and Direct Relief to ensure continuous access to healthcare for communities in Puerto Rico devastated by Hurricane María.
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AbbVie donates $100M to strengthen access to healthcare, housing in P.R.
May 23, 2018
Research-based global biopharmaceutical company AbbVie will donate $100 million to two organizations, Direct Relief and Habitat for Humanity International, to strengthen access to healthcare and housing in Puerto Rico.
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MMM opens ‘Unidad Dorada’ specialized care unit in Mayagüez
April 26, 2018
MSO of Puerto Rico, LLC, the corporate administrator of the Medicare y Mucho Más MMM provider network, announced the opening of a specialized care unit, “Unidad Dorada” in Mayaguez.
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Report: Mass exodus from P.R. to US impacts healthcare, politics
January 16, 2018
The mass exodus of Puerto Ricans to the U.S. mainland are already having an impact on federal health system funding and will surely influence the upcoming electoral cycle, according to a report published by San Juan-based Impactivo Consulting.
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P.R. Community Foundation gets $1M from NY healthcare P.R. relief fund
January 12, 2018
New York Healthcare’s Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief Fund, which was established to provide direct aid to health care workers and other workers on the front lines of the recovery effort in Puerto Rico, has contributed $1 million to the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, the nonprofits announced.
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MMM Healthcare lands high marks for Medicare service
October 31, 2017
MMM Healthcare LLC H4004, a coordinated care HMO program, recently achieved a 4.5 out of the 5-star rating in the 2018 Medicare Quality Rating Program of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Orlando González, president of MMM announced.
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OBoard asks gov’t for fiscal impact of Healthcare Act
August 31, 2017
The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico notified Gov. Ricardo Rosselló and the Legislature that the compliance certification issued by government Aug. 1 regarding the recently passed Act 47, failed to provide the required formal estimate of the law’s fiscal impact.
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1st Healthcare Innovation Replicathon this weekend
March 16, 2017
With the goal of promoting the next generation of leaders in bioinformatics and technology development in the healthcare industry, the VarMed Management Group and the Increasing Diversity in Interdisciplinary Big Data to Knowledge (IDI-BD2K) of the University of Puerto Rico will carry out the first Healthcare Innovation Replicathon.
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Impactivo Consulting revamps monthly health report
March 4, 2016
Impactivo Consulting, Puerto Rican firm dedicated to providing guidance on regulatory levers that impact the health sector, recently reworked its monthly “Health Industry Report” newsletter as well as its strategic planning services, company executives announced Thursday.
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Congress must protect P.R’s ‘fragile’ health-care system
February 4, 2016
WASHINGTON — The prognosis for Puerto Rico’s health system is already critical and will only get worse if Congress doesn’t act fast, warned a panel of doctors and finance experts meeting on Capitol Hill this week.
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TransCita launches new new gift card payment option
December 22, 2014
TransCita, a non-emergency health services transportation company in Puerto Rico, recently announced the launch of its new gift card, available in denominations of $10, ranging from $40 to $150.
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Federal gov’t recognizes Triple-S health care quality
December 9, 2014
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management awarded a "Most Improved" category to Triple-S Salud as a result of its most recent report regarding the quality of health care offered.
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Puerto Rico partners with Medical Tourism Association
September 18, 2014
A collaboration between Puerto Rico and the U.S.-based Medical Tourism Association is the opening salvo in the island's newly announced strategy to develop medical tourism as a vital economic sector.
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