New Mexico Flex Program Details
Location: New Mexico Department of Health
Number of CAHs: 6
State Rural Health Plan copies may be requested from Martin Peralta at martin.peralta@state.nm.us or (505) 841-5832.
Rural Assistance Center State Resources
New Mexico Top Three Flex Activities in 2009
- Hospital quality improvement
- EMS system improvement, including trauma center development
- Health workforce improvement in rural hospitals
New Mexico Flex Program Success Story
The New Mexico Flex Program has coordinated with the Department of Health’s EMS Bureau and the independent regional EMS agencies to develop Level 4 trauma centers in three Critical Access Hospitals. Two additional Critical Access Hospitals are also in the process of trauma center designation. These developments have come about largely because of the coordination of the Flex Program with the New Mexico Trauma System Fund, a state-funded special appropriation designed for trauma system improvement in both urban and rural areas.
New Mexico Most Significant Flex Achievement
Designation of six Critical Access Hospitals has led to the stabilization of their operation.