The Line: Future Of Behavioral Health Services In NM

June 30, 2017 – In 2013, the Martinez administration stopped Medicaid payments to 15 behavioral health providers amid allegations of fraudulent billing. All of the providers have since been cleared of criminal wrongdoing, but several went out of business during the investigation. Clients and families continue to suffer the long-term impact of a major disruption in services across the state. One provider, Southwest Counseling Center, settled with the state for less than five-hundred dollars. Host Gene Grant and this week’s Line opinion panelists react to the latest news on the behavioral health shakeup and talk about what needs to be done to ensure New Mexicans have access to mental health and substance abuse services.

Line Panelists:
Dede Feldman, former state senator
Dan Foley, former House minority whip
Tom Garrity, the Garrity Group PR
Laura Sanchez-Rivét, attorney at Cuddy & McCarthy, LLP