Contact usACCESS TO CARE AND HEALTH EQUITY
- Fund behavioral health care commensurate with need and foster access to behavioral health services in the most appropriate settings, to include increased options for substance abuse treatment.
FINANCE A STRONG SAFETY NET
- Safeguard sustainable funding for the state’s expanded Medicaid program by ensuring that the State of New Mexico accesses every available federal match dollar
- Enhanced payments to support the trauma safety-net in New Mexico
- Preserve hospital supplemental payments in order to help offset the cuts hospitals have already absorbed and are facing in the coming years
ELIMINATE BARRIERS AND INCREASE TRANSPARENCY
- Grow and retain the health care provider workforce in New Mexico by providing the funds for valuable staff resources such as loan forgiveness programs, increased graduate medical education funding, and other measures aimed at attracting and retaining qualified candidates
- Oppose changes to the New Mexico Medical Malpractice Act, which will inhibit hospitals’ ability to attract and retain providers in New Mexico
- Oppose state-mandated nurse staffing ratios in hospitals, which would undermine the improved quality and patient satisfaction already achieved through internal processes and training, and would be implausible and result in less access to care during the COVID-19 pandemic
PROTECT VULNERABLE POPULATION AND CONSCIENCE PROTECTIONS
- Support policies consistent with CHRISTUS’ Catholic identity and oppose proposals that would conflict with the Ethical and Religious Directives than inform CHRISTUS’ mission
