According to the article “Grave el cuadro de salud mental en Puerto Rico” by Benajamín Torres Gotay, published in the newspaper El Nuevo Día on January 16, 2017, mental health problems in Puerto Rico are bigger than what was imagined. According to an epidemiologic study…
According to The Washington Post’s article titled “Top Republicans Say There’s a Medical Malpractice Crisis. Experts say there isn’t”, published on December 30, 2016 by Chad Terhune, Republicans believe that the increase in medical insurance premiums and doctors going out of business is due to…
According to The Washington Post’s article titled “Researchers: Medical Errors Now Third Leading Causes of Death in United States”, published on May 3, 2016 by Ariana Eunjung Cha, a new study shows that medical errors in hospitals and health care facilities may now be the…
According to the article published in the newspaper El Nuevo Día on November 4, 2016, titled “Peligran servicios a pacientes de derrames cerebrales” by Marga Parés Arroyo, the Primary Stroke Center located at Hospital HIMA San Pablo Caguas is in danger due to problems with…
According the newspaper article “Piden a la Junta Fiscal prioridad para la salud”, published on September 6, 2016 on El Nuevo Día, the College of Administrators of Health Services of Puerto Rico (CASS) has requested an analysis of the country’s health system. Ramón Alejandro Pabón,…
According to the newspaper article titled “Exención contributive para evitar el éxodo de los medicos” published in El Vocero de Puerto Rico on September 7, 2016, the candidate for governor for the “Partido Nuevo Progresista” (PNP), Ricardo Roselló, has proposed extending a tax exemption to…
Last October 4, 2014, the Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico decided that “forum selection clauses” are illegal and cannot be included in the documents to be signed by a patient as a requirement prior to receiving medical attention. This is the case of Hospital…
On February 3, 2014, Puerto Rico’s Legislature approved Bill Number 5 in order to amend the Health Insurance Code. The amendment states that only the doctor is the one who can decide over the hospitalization of the patient. Therefore, the determination regarding the hospitalization of a…
According to an article on February 18, 2014, by “El Nuevo Día”, the Health Insurance Administration (“Administración de Seguros de Salud” or ASES) will try to recover 9.7 million dollars, for payments made twice to twelve insurance companies. These insurance companies provided services to beneficiaries…
Judge Olga Gacría Vicenti from the Court of First Instance, Superior Court of San Juan, issue a $5 million dollars ($500,000,000.00) sentence against the Pediatric Hospital of the Medical Science Campus, in a case where the plaintiff alleged that medical malpractice caused cerebral damages to…