I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
A Doña Ana County long-term care company and three individuals have been indicted on 26 felony Medicaid fraud charges, Attorney General Gary King’s Medicaid Fraud and Elder Abuse Division (MFEAD) announced Wednesday.
Defendant Juana Barba is accused of fraudulently billing the New Mexico Medicaid program for counseling services she never provided, including allegedly billing the state for 54 hours of counseling in one day.
The firm, Counseling and Mediation Services LLC, is charged with forging high school diplomas for some of its staff in order to bill for their services.
The defendants defrauded the state Medicaid system of $200,000, according to the AG.
The Independent was unable to reach Barba or Counseling and Mediation Services Wednesday evening.
