/tags/medicaid-expansion Medicaid Expansion en-US Copyright Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:33:34 GMT /NM-New-Mexico-rasies-medicaid-rates-pay-payouts-for-developmentally--intellectually-disabled-ddsd-hca The State Healthcare Authority is raising Medicaid reimbursement rates to providers who work with patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities to help attract and retain more of those providers. Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:33:34 GMT /NM-New-Mexico-rasies-medicaid-rates-pay-payouts-for-developmentally--intellectually-disabled-ddsd-hca Daniel Montaño /local-news/2023-03-03/governor-extends-nm-public-health-emergency-for-the-last-time New Mexico is one of just five states that has kept its COVID-19 public health emergency order in effect. It was set to expire Friday but the governor announced it will stay in place for the rest of the month — the last of 41 extensions since March, 2020. Fri, 03 Mar 2023 23:05:38 GMT /local-news/2023-03-03/governor-extends-nm-public-health-emergency-for-the-last-time Nash Jones /public-health-new-mexico/2018-09-12/hsd-to-hold-info-sessions-on-medicaid-changes New Mexico officials are hitting the road to talk about changes to Medicaid that will take effect in January. Starting this week, the New Mexico Human… Wed, 12 Sep 2018 23:39:11 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2018-09-12/hsd-to-hold-info-sessions-on-medicaid-changes Hannah Colton /public-health-new-mexico/2017-07-18/medicaid-copay-plan-met-with-strong-opposition New Mexico is considering a plan to charge Medicaid patients copays as a way to save the state money. The proposal is drawing strong criticism from health… Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:42:28 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2017-07-18/medicaid-copay-plan-met-with-strong-opposition Ed Williams /public-health-new-mexico/2017-07-14/hsd-considering-medicaid-copays New Mexico allotted $940 million to pay for its share of Medicaid costs this year, but that’s still not enough to keep up with the growing number of… Fri, 14 Jul 2017 22:05:20 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2017-07-14/hsd-considering-medicaid-copays Ed Williams /public-health-new-mexico/2017-06-15/potential-changes-to-medicaid-draw-criticism More than three years after the health care expansion, 43 percent of New Mexico’s total population is signed up for Medicaid. But budgets are tight, and… Thu, 15 Jun 2017 23:34:51 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2017-06-15/potential-changes-to-medicaid-draw-criticism Marisa Demarco