Dr. McAneny Testifies at House Panel – MACRA

April 19, 2016 WASHINGTON – Dr. Barbara McAneny, immediate past chair of the American Medical Association (AMA), told a House panel today that the soon-to-be released regulations to implement the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA)...

White House Director of Drug Policy Announcement

April 7, 2016 White House Director of Drug Policy Joins National and Local Leaders in Announcing Medication-Assisted Treatment Trainings – Trainings will help more New Mexico Physicians treat prescription opioid and heroin use disorders Washington, D.C. – Today,...

March 3, 2016 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., March 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — New Mexico always has and probably always will depend on patients receiving care across state lines. This legislation is critical to serving the health care needs of those living in the frontier and...

Bills Signed By Governor Martinez

March 2, 2016 HB270 – (Identical to SB121) Relates to health care professional liability. Prohibits a New Mexico resident from bringing a tort liability action in New Mexico for health-care services that the person received from a health care provider in another...

HB270 -No NM Jurisdiction over Out-of-State Health Care Providers

March 1, 2016 Press Release:  Texas Alliance for Patient Access [https://trendsmd.com/tag/tmlt/] by Wayne Wenske Texas doctors will continue to receive a full range of liability protections even when treating New Mexico patients. That issue was in doubt until the New...

HB 102 Passed House-Health Committee

January 28, 2016 House Bill 102 – Scope of Practice Act – carried by Rep. Terry McMillan MD received a Do Pass on Committee Substitute in House Health and Human Services Committee. It now proceeds to House Judiciary.

NM Legislative Session 2016

January 23, 2016 The 2016 30-day legislative session opened on Tuesday, January 19th.  The thirty-day session is limited by the state constitution to bills dealing with state budget issues, issues that the Governor asks the Legislature to address (her “call”), and...

New Dietary Guidelines Issued

January 8, 2016 New federal dietary guidelines have been issued by the Department of Agriculture and Health and Human Services.