A New Mexico legislative subcommittee wants the attorney general to investigate whether the state improperly released the names of 2,000 to 3,000 patients being treated for drug or alcohol abuse. FULL STORY »
By Andis Robeznieks | September 21, 2013
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Patty Kehoe, president of Molina Healthcare of New Mexico, says the first impressions she had of her Medicaid managed-care plan's chief medical officer, Dr. Irene Krokos, revolved around her creativity and the way... FULL STORY »
New Mexico in a few weeks hopes to start bringing some 150,000 more people onto the Medicaid rolls in advance of the federal government's deadline for expanding the program. FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond | September 14, 2013
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Project ECHO pairs specialists with primary-care physicians and other clinicians via video teleconferencing to teach primary-care providers how to treat complex, chronic conditions. FULL STORY »
The head of New Mexico's Human Services Department says the relationships between six nonprofit behavioral health service providers and a for-profit Arizona company appear fraught with conflicts of interest. FULL STORY »
Businesses formed by doctors are covered by a state law that caps the damages that victims of medical malpractice can collect from healthcare providers, New Mexico's highest court ruled Thursday. FULL STORY »
A lawyer fired by the state Human Services Department says she was let go because of her criticism of an audit of government-funded mental healthcare, according to a lawsuit against the state agency. FULL STORY »
With the anticipated arrival of some 14 million newly insured individuals into the nation's healthcare system in 2014, a major concern that remains is whether coverage will equal access. Texas lawmakers, physicians and nurse practitioners have taken a step forward on that problem while many other... FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond | June 29, 2013
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Building on its success from the past 10 years, Project ECHO has established a national institute to replicate its model of using “telementoring” to improve the expertise of primary-care clinicians so they can better treat patients with chronic... FULL STORY »
Dealing with two new owners and meeting seven new quality metrics in just five months has made for a frenetic year for Dr. Robert White at his Albuquerque medical practice. FULL STORY »
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