/public-health-new-mexico Public Health New Mexico en-US Copyright Mon, 28 Apr 2025 23:01:54 GMT /local-news/2025-04-28/yazzie-martinez-education-equity-court The plaintiffs in a landmark equity education lawsuit are headed back to court Tuesday because they say the State of New Mexico has not complied with court orders. Mon, 28 Apr 2025 23:01:54 GMT /local-news/2025-04-28/yazzie-martinez-education-equity-court Taylor Velazquez /Albuquerque-abq-pallet-shelter-home-gateway-recovery-housing-for-homeless-unhoused-in-recovery The newest edition to Albuquerque’s Gateway system of care is getting ready to accept residents. The new pallet home community, dubbed Gateway Recovery, is meant to provide temporary housing for people who successfully complete medical detox, but don’t have anywhere to live while taking the next steps in addiction recovery. Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:10:18 GMT /Albuquerque-abq-pallet-shelter-home-gateway-recovery-housing-for-homeless-unhoused-in-recovery Daniel Montaño /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2025-04-25/private-equity-in-health-care On this episode we talk about the promises and threats from private equity ownership in health care. New Mexico has the highest proportion of private equity- owned hospitals in the country and we’ve been named most at risk of further private equity takeovers. That's why lawmakers recently passed an oversight bill on hospital acquisitions and mergers. Fri, 25 Apr 2025 23:10:16 GMT /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2025-04-25/private-equity-in-health-care Daniel Montaño /UNM_project-echo-core-community-overdose-response-education-virtual-training-narcan-naloxone-opioid-overdose-prevention The University of New Mexico’s Project ECHO has connected professionals around New Mexico, and the world, to health education using virtual training for decades. But it’s now offering training to teach everyone in New Mexico how to respond to an opioid overdose and how to properly administer naloxone. Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:07:56 GMT /UNM_project-echo-core-community-overdose-response-education-virtual-training-narcan-naloxone-opioid-overdose-prevention Daniel Montaño /governor-signs-house-bill-New-Mexico-NM-HB-586-vs-senate-bill-SB-14-hospital-mergers-ownership-oversight-differences-compared State legislators’ first attempt to pass a bill providing oversight of hospital mergers, acquisitions and private equity takeovers failed in the face of overwhelming industry opposition. They then successfully scrambled to get a second — less controversial — bill passed before the session closed. With the Governor's signature, the state will now have permanent protection, but some lawmakers worry the final bill might have too many concessions Mon, 21 Apr 2025 18:32:32 GMT /governor-signs-house-bill-New-Mexico-NM-HB-586-vs-senate-bill-SB-14-hospital-mergers-ownership-oversight-differences-compared Daniel Montaño /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2025-04-18/lets-talk-about-the-yazzie-martinez-lawsuit-to-improve-education-going-back-to-court In 2018 a New Mexico judge ruled the state was failing to provide a constitutionally sufficient and equitable education to at-risk students. Years laters, the state is still out of compliance with that ruling and the plaintiffs have taken the case back to court. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 23:36:08 GMT /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2025-04-18/lets-talk-about-the-yazzie-martinez-lawsuit-to-improve-education-going-back-to-court Taylor Velazquez /local-news/2025-04-17/child-care-federal-funding-cuts-subsidies-reimbursements As the cost of childcare continues to rise nationwide, New Mexico has made major strides in expanding eligibility and stabilizing the struggling industry. And that bodes well for its future amidst federal funding rollbacks. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:31:11 GMT /local-news/2025-04-17/child-care-federal-funding-cuts-subsidies-reimbursements Taylor Velazquez /local-news/2025-04-14/medicaid-cuts-drastic-impacts-new-mexico New Mexico Healthcare Authority Secretary Kari Armijo, President of the New Mexico Hospital Association Troy Clark, and Dr. Nancy Wright, a pediatrician in Las Vegas discuss the impacts of potential Medicaid cuts in New Mexico. Mon, 14 Apr 2025 22:40:57 GMT /local-news/2025-04-14/medicaid-cuts-drastic-impacts-new-mexico /ophthalmologists-academy-praises-governor-michelle-lujan-grisham-mlg-vetoes-house-bill-hb36-optometrist-laser-eye-surgery Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday, just hours before the deadline, vetoed House Bill 36, which would have allowed optometrists, who do not attend medical school, to perform delicate eye surgeries with only 36 hours of training and 4 hours working on a model eye unsupervised by an actual eye surgeon. Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:56:11 GMT /ophthalmologists-academy-praises-governor-michelle-lujan-grisham-mlg-vetoes-house-bill-hb36-optometrist-laser-eye-surgery Daniel Montaño /Albuquerque-abq-city-council-approves-passes-opioid-settlement-funds-plan The Albuquerque City Council on Monday passed a plan that's been in the making for about a year and a half on how to spend millions of dollars in funds meant to fight the opioid epidemic, but there was some debate and disagreement on where the funds should go between the council and the mayor's office. Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:52:09 GMT /Albuquerque-abq-city-council-approves-passes-opioid-settlement-funds-plan Daniel Montaño