Special Coverage for HIV-AIDS


If you have HIV or AIDS, your PCP must ask First Medical to give you Special Coverage. Once First Medical adds you to Special Coverage, they will mail you a letter letting you know that you can get services under Special Coverage. The letter will let you know when the Special Coverage starts and when it will stop.

Once you have the letter, you can get all services and treatments for your condition like prescription medicines, laboratory tests, x-rays and other services without your PCP needing to sign off.

You must get your prescription medicines for HIV/AIDS at the Department of Health’s Centers for Prevention and Treatment of Communicable Diseases. Here they are:

Centers for the Prevention and Treatment of Communicable Diseases

(CPTET, for its acronym in Spanish)
REGION TELEPHONE/FAX ADDRESS
ARECIBO 

(787) 878-7895

Fax. (787) 881-5773

Fax. (787) 878-8288

Tel. (787) 879-3168

Antiguo Hosp. Distrito (Dr Cayetano Coll y Toste)

Carretera 129 hacia Lares

Arecibo, PR 00614

PO Box 140370

Arecibo, PR  00614

BAYAMÓN 

(787) 787-5151 

Ext. 2224, 2475

(787) 787-5154

Fax. (787) 778-1209

(787) 787-4211

Antigua Casa de Salud

Hosp. Regional Bayamón

Dr. Ramón Ruíz Arnau,

Ave. Laurel Santa Juanita

Bayamón, PR  00956

CAGUAS

(787) 653-0550

Ext. 1142, 1150

Fax (787) 746-2898; 744-8645

Hospital San Juan Bautista

PO Box 8548

Caguas, PR    00726-8548 

CLÍNICA SATELITE

HUMACAO

(787) 285-5660

CDT de Humacao, Dr. Jorge Franceshi

Calle Sergio Peña Almodovar

Esq. Flor Gerena

Humacao, PR 00791

CAROLINA 

(787) 757-1800 Ext. 454, 459

Fax (787) 765-5105

Hospital UPR Dr. Federico Trilla
PO Box 6021 
Carolina, PR  00984-6021Carretera 3, Km. 8.3
CLETS 

(787) 754-8118

(787) 754-8128

(787) 754-8127

PO Box 70184

San Juan, PR  00936-8523

Calle José Celso Barbosa

Centro Médico de PR

Bo. Monacillos, San Juan

FAJARDO 

(787) 801-1992

(787) 801-1995

Calle San Rafael # 55

Fajardo, PR  00738

MAYAGÜEZ 

(787) 834-2115

(787) 834- 2118 

Centro Médico de Mayagüez

Hospital Ramón Emeterio Betances 

Carr.# 2 Suite 6

Mayagüez, PR  00680

PONCE 

 (787) 842-0948

(787) 842-2000

Departamento de Salud

Región Ponce

Antiguo Hosp. Distrito Ponce

Dr. José Gándara

Carretera Estatal 14

Bo. Machuelo

Ponce, PR  00731

CENTRAL OFFICE

(787) 765-2929

Ext. 4026, 4027

Fax (787) 274-5523

PO Box 70184

San Juan, PR  00936 

Ant. Hosp. Psiquiatría

Pabellón 1, primer piso, 4ta. Puerta –  Terrenos de Centro Médico, Río Piedras