Your Care is At Our Core

Physicians are compassionate healers and their patients’ biggest allies. They persevered through years of medical school and residency to build connections with patients and provide the highest quality of care. However, all too often, physicians find themselves stuck between a desire to connect with patients and a need to navigate seemingly endless red tape and bureaucracy.

The best days for physicians come when they are close at hand with their patients, facing challenges head on and providing support to patients in their journey to health. Physicians’ worst days come when they spend valuable time fighting with third parties to ensure patients can access the care they need. We all feel it – as patients when we are forced to call our insurance companies to get basic procedures approved, and as doctors when we are forced to prioritize a phone call with a bureaucrat about treatment options.

Physicians and patients agree that the doctor-patient relationship is essential to making the best health care decisions. They know that establishing a meaningful relationship is necessary to building trust and providing the most effective care and treatment. After all, physicians are supporting their patients through some of the most vulnerable moments in their lives. Join us in pushing back against the bureaucratic red tape of healthcare and advocating for what matters most – time for physicians to connect with their patients.

Your Care is At Our Core Press Releases:
The Los Alamos Daily Post

A Message From The AMA

“How to Solve New Mexico’s Health Care Worker Shortage”
by Think New Mexico

After two years of research and countless interviews, Think New Mexico released a report detailing how to solve New Mexico’s Health Care worker shortage that includes both an agenda of reforms and recommendations on how to pay for the reforms. Recommending real solutions for a real crisis, the report is insightful, thorough, and practical

“2024 Annual Report”
New Mexico Health Care Workforce Committee

“The passage of the New Mexico Health Care Work Force Data Collection established the New Mexico Healthcare Workforce Committee that oversees the analysis of the license renewal survey data and development recommendations to the Legislature to improve the training, recruitment and retention of health professionals in the state of New Mexico. Prepared by the University of New Mexico Health Sciences” (New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions)

“Public Policy and Your Healthcare Access”
by Dr. Angela Bratton, Boomtown

Article by Dr. Angela Bratton featured in Boomtown: Guest Essays, a series that spotlights voices from across the Los Alamos Community and beyond. This article explores New Mexico’s healthcare access crisis and its impact.

“New Mexico’s Malpractice Gold Rush“
by Ed Williams, Searchlight New Mexico

This article explores how hospitals in rural New Mexico are struggling with skyrocketing medical malpractice insurance costs, physician shortages, and low reimbursement rates, limiting access to essential healthcare services in underserved areas.

Searchlight New Mexico is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that seeks to empower New Mexicans to demand honest and effective public policy.

“Maternal Health Crisis in New Mexico: Services Shrink, Risk Grows“
by Vanessa G. Sánchez, Searchlight New Mexico

This article explores how a growing crisis in maternal healthcare is leaving pregnant women, especially those in rural and marginalized communities, without access to vital services, contributing to alarming rates of maternal and infant deaths. Despite state efforts to address the issue, systemic disparities and a lack of infrastructure continue to jeopardize the health of mothers and babies.

Searchlight New Mexico is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that seeks to empower New Mexicans to demand honest and effective public policy.

“Where Have all the Doctors (and Nurses) Gone?“
by Vanessa G. Sánchez, Searchlight New Mexico

This article explores how New Mexico’s rural healthcare system is in crisis, with severe doctor shortages leaving clinics understaffed and patients waiting months for care. Despite efforts to recruit and retain providers, challenges like high malpractice insurance costs and inadequate financial incentives are worsening the situation.

Searchlight New Mexico is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that seeks to empower New Mexicans to demand honest and effective public policy.

“Op-Ed: We Need Doctors. Texas Has Them“
by Elizabeth Heller Allen, The Lost Alamos Daily Post

This article explores New Mexico’s growing healthcare worker shortage and the challenges of recruiting and retaining primary care doctors and specialists. It also examines potential reforms to attract healthcare professionals to our state.

“Robinson: We Must Take Care of our Rural Hospitals“
by Sherry Robinson, The Lost Alamos Daily Post

This article explores the financial struggles of New Mexico’s rural hospitals, the ongoing challenge of staffing shortages across the state’s healthcare system, and the recent legislative efforts to address these shortages.

FixMedicareNow.org
American Medical Association (AMA)

Learn more about the Medicare physician payment system including its shortfalls and long-term solutions.

“AMA Advocacy 2024 Efforts”
American Medical Association (AMA)

“There are far too many everyday practice challenges interfering with patient care. That’s why the American Medical Association is advocating to keep physicians at the head of the health care team, reform the Medicare physician payment system, relieve the burdens of overused prior authorizations and so much more” (AMA)