El Nuevo Día
Puerto Rico Medicaid committee seeks $4.815 billion for federal fiscal 2028
El Nuevo Día reported that a Puerto Rico committee estimates at least 860,000 people would lose Medicaid without new federal funds before October 1, 2027.
The Record
Puerto Rico: the record
Every Puerto Rico record from every file, newest first; federal records that apply in every state are in the full archive.
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Issues active in Puerto Rico
Tracked issues with at least one Puerto Rico record since Apr 27, 2026.
Metro Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico's governor and resident commissioner ask Congress to end Medicaid cap
Puerto Rico's governor and resident commissioner announced a joint push in Congress to remove the federal Medicaid cap, as Metro Puerto Rico reported.
Foro Noticioso Puerto Rico
Vieques opens a rebuilt $85.6M health center nine years after Hurricane María
Governor Jenniffer González Colón opened the new Vieques Health Center, as Foro Noticioso reported. It replaces the Susana Centeno facility that closed after Hurricane María and cost $85.6 million, including $48.3 million from FEMA.
Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico
A Section 330 health center took over Culebra's government diagnostic and treatment center on a 90-day bridge contract after the prior operator asked to nearly double its subsidy
Sistema de Salud Menonita ceased medical-office operations at the Culebra CDT effective August 31, 2026, and the Health Department signed a temporary agreement with HPM Foundation, Inc., operating as HealthProMed…
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB closes ULEES representation petition covering three billing coders at Concilio de Salud Integral de Loíza without stating why
ULEES filed NLRB Case 12-RC-392587 on August 10, 2026 for a proposed unit of three regular full- and part-time medical billing coders working across Concilio de Salud Integral de Loíza facilities in Loíza, Río Grande, Luquillo, and Ceiba.
Foro Noticioso
HRSA quality badges recognize Puerto Rico's 330 network, 508,068 patients in the 2025 UDS (+33,000), with Hospital General de Castañer earning Gold Quality Leader
HRSA's 2026 Community Health Quality Recognition cycle, based on 2025 UDS data, recognized Puerto Rico's Section 330 network: 21 organizations reporting under the Health Center Program served 508,068 patients in 2025, an increase of more than 33,000.
NotiCel
CISS opens a $10M self-funded health center in Isabela, 100 direct jobs with imaging, dental, behavioral health and optometry under one roof
Centros Integrados de Servicios de Salud (CISS), a Section 330 health center organization, opened a new facility at Isabela Shopping Center with a $10 million investment the organization describes as its own funds…
NotiCel
Puerto Rico's Health Department activates its Emergency Operations Center with hospitals, CDTs and the Section 330 network as drought threatens service continuity
Health Secretary Víctor Ramos Otero activated the agency's Emergency Operations Center under Administrative Order 2026-647 (signed Aug. 10) to coordinate hospitals, diagnostic and treatment centers…
Costa Salud Community Health Centers Inc.
Costa Salud posts evening medical/pharmacy hours in Rincón and Aguada plus weekend diagnostics in Rincón
Observed July 16, 2026, Costa Salud Community Health Centers' current Spanish access page lists Rincón general hours Monday–Friday from 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. And extended medical/pharmacy hours Monday and Wednesday–Friday from 4:30–9 p.m. It lists the Rincón…
Neomed Center
NeoMed posts 6 a.m.–5 p.m. Regular and 4–9 p.m. Extended weekday schedules in Juncos
Observed July 16, 2026, NeoMed Center's current Juncos page lists regular hours Monday–Friday from 6 a.m.–5 p.m. And extended hours Monday–Friday from 4–9 p.m.; the schedules overlap for one hour and are not additive.
Corporación SANOS
SANOS becomes Puerto Rico's first Section 330 Dementia Friends clinic and reports 166 health professionals
Corporación SANOS reported April 9 that Fundación Triple-S had certified it as Puerto Rico's first Section 330 community health center in the Dementia Friends initiative.
Salud Integral en la Montaña
SIM implements HPV self-sampling and reports 101 women in its initial clinical phase
Salud Integral en la Montaña announced June 30 that it had implemented vaginal self-sampling for HPV detection with Puerto Rico molecular-testing company LifeGene Biomarks.
El Nuevo Día
Resident Commissioner says Puerto Rico Medicaid reauthorization may wait until 2027; current authority ends September 30, 2027
In a July 13 interview, Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández said congressional reauthorization of Puerto Rico's Medicaid financing may be left until 2027, after the 2026 midterm elections.
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
ASES data show five First Medical sanctions near $4.8M; only $300K paid and three remain under review
CPI reports, from data supplied by ASES, that First Medical received five sanctions totaling nearly $4.8 million in less than two and a half years. Two 2024 provider-payment fines totaling $300,000 were paid.
El Diario NY
MMAPA reports preliminary House staff interest in drafting Puerto Rico Medicaid legislation by year-end
MMAPA president Solange De Lahongrais told El Diario on July 7 that association and business-sector representatives met with staff for Rep. Gus Bilirakis on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico
Oversight Board flags Medicaid as a material FY2027 budget risk under Puerto Rico's federal cap
When certifying Puerto Rico's $33.6 billion FY2027 consolidated budget on June 29, the Financial Oversight and Management Board identified Medicaid as one of the Commonwealth's most material fiscal risks.
HRSA Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
HRSA's February 2026 Part C list confirms Ryan White awards to Concilio de Salud Integral de Loíza and HIPS
HRSA's official FY2025 Ryan White Part C Early Intervention Services award list, published in February 2026, identifies $170,770 for Concilio de Salud Integral de Loíza and $548,064 for Healthcare Integrated Program Services in Puerto Rico.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS confirms Puerto Rico's capped Medicaid structure, 76% FMAP through September 2027, and 1.3M enrollment
CMS explains that Puerto Rico, unlike states and the District of Columbia, receives federal Medicaid matching only until its annual federal ceiling and supplemental funds are exhausted.
NACHC
Current CHC Fund authority provides $4.6B but expires December 31, 2026
The current NACHC funding page states that community health centers recently received $4.6 billion in mandatory Community Health Center Fund support and that the authority expires December 31, 2026.
AAMC
AAMC documents Puerto Rico's physician shortage and residency bias, but not that half of graduates leave
AAMC reports a published estimate of 120.7 primary-care physicians per 100,000 people in Puerto Rico versus 156.7 on the mainland and an estimate that 5,000 physicians moved practices off-island from 2006 to 2016.
HRSA Uniform Data System
HRSA 2024 UDS: 21 Puerto Rico awardees served 474,356 patients, including 291,406 Medicaid/CHIP patients
HRSA's official 2024 UDS summary reports 21 Puerto Rico Health Center Program awardees and 474,356 total patients.
Congressional Research Service
P.L. 119-21 Medicaid community-engagement rule does not apply to Puerto Rico
A December 2025 Congressional Research Service comparison states that P.L. 119-21's new Medicaid community-engagement requirement applies to specified people in the 50 states and District of Columbia and does not apply to Puerto Rico or the other territories.
PR Federal Affairs Administration
FEMA obligates $1.184B for 176 Puerto Rico reconstruction projects, including public health facilities
PRFAA reported that FEMA approved $1,183,611,623 for 176 reconstruction projects across Puerto Rico in February 2026.
Metro Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico House delegation asks Congress to preserve Medicaid financing beyond September 2027
A delegation organized by Puerto Rico House Speaker Carlos 'Johnny' Méndez traveled to Washington to advocate for continuation of the island's Medicaid financing beyond September 30, 2027, coordinating its effort with PRFAA.
Puerto Rico Department of Health
Puerto Rico launches a multisector health-policy process to defend Medicaid and Medicare financing
In an official May 14 release, the Puerto Rico Department of Health, ASES, and PRFAA described the Puerto Rico Health Policy Conference 2026 as part of the work of the multisector task force created by Executive Order 2026-006.
NotiCel
Jeffries and Hernández visit HealthproMed during Puerto Rico health-policy advocacy
NotiCel reports that House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández visited HealthproMed's Barrio Obrero community health center during a Puerto Rico health-policy visit.
Metro Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico continues House review of Senate Bill 15 physician incentives; proposal is not yet law
At a March 24, 2026 Puerto Rico House hearing, Health Secretary Víctor Ramos Otero supported Senate Bill 15 as one tool for physician retention and recruitment while expressly saying it would not solve the workforce crisis by itself and required fiscal and…
Metro Puerto Rico
Food-as-medicine pharmacies begin operating in three named Puerto Rico health centers
Banco de Alimentos de Puerto Rico and ASPPR opened 'Comida es Medicina' food pharmacies at MEDX Medical Experience by Migrant, Camuy Health Services, and Centro de Servicios Integrados de Salud.