Overview
- On Wednesday Sept. 2 the government confirmed that Juan Cruz Montero resigned as PAMI general coordinator and María Florencia Zicavo left the sindicatura, and that María Verónica Pérez has taken over as executive coordinator.
- Pérez was presented inside PAMI by presidential adviser Santiago Caputo, an act that sources and coverage say was read as an explicit show of political backing for her appointment.
- The government described the move as an orderly transition to preserve continuity of management, but PAMI remains under financial strain after a May transfer of ARS 580,000 million and ongoing reports of delayed provider payments and service interruptions.
- Internal governance tensions preceded the changes: PAMI directors Esteban Leguizamo and Carlos Zamparolo recently asked Health Minister Mario Lugones for a meeting to complain about an alleged intervention tied to the outgoing officials.
- PAMI provides health and social services to more than five million retirees and pensioners, the sindicatura is the agency’s internal oversight office, and the personnel shift could heighten scrutiny of payments and oversight at the agency in the coming weeks.