Tag: rural health

Delayed Care, Physician Burnout: Nearly All New Mexico Counties Face Health Care Worker Shortages

A state report shows 32 of New Mexico’s 33 counties face health worker shortages, delaying care and increasing physician burnout.

Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service to Close, Showing Rural Home Health Funding Issues

Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service, a decades-old home health and hospice provider in Northern New Mexico, is shutting down after citing falling insurance reimbursements and rising operating costs. The closure underscores growing pressure on rural home-based care models that depend on Medicare and Medicaid payment rates that often don’t cover travel time.