New Mexico news and information

ABQ Health Partners, Albuquerque, notified more than 200 patients of a potential data breach after one of its laptops went missing.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana has filed for regulatory approval for its proposed deal with Health Care Service Corp., which operates Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in four other states.
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Lovelace Health System, Albuquerque, N.M., has appointed the chief medical officer of its health plan as CMO of the system, effective immediately.
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Lovelace Health System in Albuquerque is asking a New Mexico judge to force the state's largest independent multispecialty doctors' clinics to cease what it calls a "smear campaign" intended to persuade Medicare Advantage patients to drop out of the health system's Lovelace Health Plan.
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Albuquerque-based Lovelace Health System has acquired Southwest Medical Associates, a physician practice that will retain its name, leadership and all 150 employees in the deal.
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SANTA TERESA, N.M.—Universal Health Services, King of Prussia, Pa., has completed its $517 million acquisition of behavioral health firm Ascend Health Corp., New York, after agreeing to sell off a New Mexico facility to resolve antitrust concerns raised by the Federal Trade Commission.
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Universal Health Services, King of Prussia, Pa., has completed its $517 million acquisition of behavioral health firm Ascend Health Corp., New York.
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Christus Health, a 19-hospital health system with hospitals in Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico, said it has been selected to pursue a joint venture with Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, a university health network with two hospitals in Santiago.
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A report from a panel of prominent healthcare experts identifies about $750 billion in annual savings the group claims could be achieved by adjusting current practices. The implication is that rooting out waste and fraud in a bloated system could mean deep cuts in the nation's healthcare bill are...
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HealthCare Partners has acquired a multispecialty medical group in New Mexico in a deal announced less than five months after the Torrance, Calif.-based operator of medical groups and physician networks agreed to an acquisition by DaVita.
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