“Analysis: New Mexico Nursing Homes Worst in Nation”

Analysis: New Mexico Nursing Homes Worst in Nation,” U.S. News & World Report

Quote:

“A recent analysis says New Mexico nursing homes are the worst in the nation. The Albuquerque Journal reports an analysis by the investigative journalism organization ProPublica showed that of 74 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified homes located in New Mexico, inspectors reported serious deficiencies in 36 of them between 2015 and April 2018. … A spokesman for the New Mexico Department of Health’s Division of Health Improvement said in a statement that the department “take(s) seriously our role to protect New Mexico’s elderly population.”

LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, Administrative Coordinator, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):

I’m a recent transplant to New Mexico, Santa Fe to be exact, but I’ve followed the state’s LTC financing travails for many years. I contributed to a 2005 report to the state legislature encouraging it to “a) consider other options to Medicaid funding of long-term care and b) encourage New Mexico citizens with the financial resources to utilize these options prior to their relying on Medicaid.” Our report was ignored and LTC access and quality in New Mexico have declined ever since. (For more about our report, see LTC Bullet:  State Tackles the Real LTC Challenge, Tuesday, January 18, 2006.)

Analysis: New Mexico Nursing Homes Worst in Nation

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