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NCQA Chooses New Mexico Coalition for Healthcare Value to Provide Healthcare Input

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has chosen New Mexico Coalition for Healthcare Value (NMCHCV) as one of four national business health coalitions in the country to provide valuable input as NCQA explores changes to its flagship product which is Health Plan Accreditation (HPA).  

Pat Montoya, executive director of the NMCHCV, said that HPA is a data collection tool that is used to measure health plans in the areas of care and service adding the NCQA, “works to improve health care quality through the administration of evidence-based standards, measures, programs and accreditation.”

NCQA representatives will be meeting with Coalition employer members and other employers on March 7th in a round table format soliciting the employer’s view as they plan their work for 2018. The other Coalitions selected to provide input are New England Business Group on Health in Boston, Midwest Business Group on Health in Chicago and Pacific Business Group on Health in San Francisco.  

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Winter 2016 Newsletter

Complexities of Diabetes is the focus of Education Summit

The challenges that we are facing with diabetes are much bigger than any one of us and our organizations," said Pat Montoya, executive director of the New Mexico Coalition for Healthcare Value, as she kicked off the group's fall education summit, "Employers Role in Carrying Diabetes Prevention and Management to New Heights," in Albuquerque Nov. 18.

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Saiz to Continue Leadership of the New Mexico Coaltion for Healthcare Value Board of Directors

Albuquerque, NM -- Mark Saiz will continue to serve as chair of the New Mexico Coalition for Healthcare Value (NMCHCV) board of directors for the 2016 -2017 term. Saiz is the insurance and benefits manager for the City of Albuquerque and a founding member of the employer-led, multi-stakeholder, nonprofit group. 

Vice chair of the coalition is Mary Romero Hart, senior manager of Total Rewards for Sandia National Laboratories, which is operated for the U.S. Department of Energy by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation. Mark Tyndall, executive director of the New Mexico Retiree Health Care Authority is the new secretary/treasurer.

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Summer 2016 Newsletter

Coalition examines ways to save Rx costs

New Mexico Coalition for Healthcare Value board members recently took a look at pharmacy trends, including generic drugs, biologics and biosimilars, specialty drug growth and contracting strategies all in an effort to acquaint Coalition members with tactics to control prescription drugs costs.

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