In part one of a two-part interview (read part two here), Mikel Arriola, the recently appointed general director of IMSS (Mexican Social Security Institute), which provides health-related services to more than 70 million beneficiaries, reveals his fundamental priorities to both secure IMSS’ financial sustainability and improve the quality of services of an institution that proudly stands as the largest of its kind in Latin America.
You were appointed general director of IMSS by President Enrique Peña Nieto on February 8th, 2016 following almost five years as Federal Commissioner of Cofepris (Federal Commission for the Protection Against Sanitary Risk). Could you please start by introducing the role, function and purpose of IMSS within the Mexican healthcare ecosystem?
IMSS was the first social security institute in the country and now proudly stands as the largest and most comprehensive institution of its kind in Latin America
