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.
It’s crunch time for a handful of state cabinet secretaries and top aides charged by Gov. Bill Richardson with drafting a road map for how to implement federal health care reform in New Mexico. But even after all the work, the plan – viewed as a guide to help New Mexico get ready for the new federal health care law — will be short on specifics and tall on the hard slogging ahead.
Many details will need to be worked out before New Mexico fully adopts federal healthcare legislation passed this spring. A shortage of health care workers, multiple bureaucratic hurdles and enforcement questions all must be addressed before 150,000 previously uninsured New Mexicans can take advantage of newly available coverage.
As soon as October New Mexicans and small businesses here will be able to comparison shop on options for health insurance, state officials said Thursday.
A federal website should be up and running by summer to provide consumers general information…
The state Human Services Division (HSD) and Attorney General’s office will sign a new memo of understanding about data sharing and the coordination of Medicaid fraud investigations, officials at both agencies told The Independent Monday.
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Four thousand additional New Mexican families could qualify for federal food aid under new rules laying out who can and cannot qualify for the program.
On Thursday New Mexico expanded eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known…
The 465,000 New Mexicans without health care coverage will be most affected by health care reform, as it mandates that they obtain coverage, either through purchasing it or through the Medicaid program. At least 100,000 of them will likely become eligible for Medicaid, while many with moderate incomes will get help buying insurance.
A rare veto override move came to a dead end Wednesday afternoon when the House Judiciary committee voted 7-4 to table a bill that would have forced state agencies to share financial data, including Medicaid spending, with the Legislative Finance…
In October, New Mexico fined Optum more than $1 million and threatened to cancel its $1 billion contract for managing the state’s behavioral health services after hundreds of providers said they hadn’t been paid in months. Now the company says it is fixing the system–but the state may have to come up with Plan B if the situation doesn’t improve.
The governor says that the Legislature is forcing him to make cuts to Medicaid, but legislative representatives say the intent of their bill is to protect Medicaid programs and that the governor is free to spare them if he wants.
