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Argentina healthcare provider funding crisis

Overview

Healthcare providers in Argentina are facing significant financial instability due to insufficient funding and payment delays from national health authorities.

In late August, the Confederation of Dialysis Associations of the Argentine Republic reported a funding crisis affecting over 200 centers and approximately 4,700 PAMI affiliates. The association noted that the PAMI module for renal treatments has not been updated for eighteen months and has seen an 8% reduction in value. Nephrologists have requested a 50% increase to address rising costs driven by national inflation.

Concurrently, the Association of Disability Providers (Aspredis) announced plans to suspend treatments, including occupational therapy and psychology, due to a “total cutoff in the payment chain” from the Superintendency of Health Services. Although the government implemented a 2.10% increase in basic benefit system fees via Resolution 2775/2026, providers argue these adjustments are inadequate to counter accumulated inflation.

Entities

Superintendencia de Servicios de Salud · Confederación de Asociaciones de Diálisis de la República Argentina · PAMI · Aspredis · Alejandro Alberto Vilches

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Timeline

  1. 15 days ago

    [HEALTH] 3 sources
    Argentina disability providers to suspend treatments over funding cuts

    Argentine disability service providers will suspend treatments on August 31 following a reported cutoff in government funding transfers.

  2. 20 days ago

    [HEALTH] 9 sources
    Argentina dialysis centers warn of funding crisis at PAMI

    Argentine dialysis associations warn that a lack of funding updates and an 8% reduction in PAMI resources threaten care for 4,700 patients across 200 centers.

Sources

argentarnoticias.com.ar · confirmado.net · eldiadecordoba.es · eldiarionoticias.com.ar · elsolnoticias.com.ar · enredaccion.com.ar · informeseprimero.com.ar · kijiji.ca · lapioneradeclorinda.com · planbnoticias.com.ar · surenio.com.ar · virasorovirtual.com