NMMS Annual Business Meeting

The NMMS Annual Business Meeting for 2020 will be held on Saturday, September 26th starting at 9:00am via ZOOM.  Please mark your calendar and plan to attend this fun event!  The agenda will include: President Nancy Wright MD Approval of the year Compendium –...

Public Health Order

May 14, 2020 – Excerpt from the Governor’s press release appears below:   SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday(5/15/20) urged New Mexicans to stay the course in the state’s fight against the spread of COVID-19 as a modified emergency public...

NMMS Budget Review Special Session

May 14, 2020 – How the budget deficit is handled directly impacts medical practices large and small, rural and urban. Carrie Brunder, NMMS Chief Lobbyist, developed a powerpoint to give an overview of the NM Budget 2020, 2021, 2022, and the June 2020 Special...

Guidelines for Re-Opening Non-Essential Medical Care & Surgeries

April 30, 2020 SANTA FE – New Mexico state leadership on Thursday, April 30, announced the extension of the state’s emergency public health order through May 15 as the COVID-19 pandemic remains a grave risk to residents of all ages and in all communities across New...

Phone Only Visits-Payment Increase by MEDICARE!

April 30, 2020 In response to efforts by organized medicine, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced this afternoon that they will be increasing payments for audio-only telephone visits between Medicare beneficiaries and their physicians to...

A little good News (#2) during the COVID19 Pandemic

April 10, 2020 This morning (April 10, 2020)  the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the immediate disbursement of the first $30 billion out of the $100 billion that Congress allocated to hospitals, physicians and other health care providers in...