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Ag clears el Mirador of fraud Office finds ‘no pattern of deliberate attempt’ to overbill Medicaid By Patrick Malone
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The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday that an investigation has cleared a Santa Fe behavioral health provider that was accused, along with 14 others,
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of Medicaid billing fraud by a state agency that terminated the companies’ funding. The chief operating officer of Easter Seals El Mirador, Patsy Romero, said she was relieved by the findings. But she blamed Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration for disrupting
services to people with mental illnesses and developmental disabilities, while putting the New Mexico businesses that served them in peril. The providers’ Medicaid funding was abruptly halted last June, following an audit alleging up to $36 million
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WASHINGTON — Most Americans are already feeling man-made global warming, from heat waves to wild storms to longer allergy seasons. And it is likely to get worse and more expensive, says a new federal report that is heating up political debate along with the temperature. Shortly after the report came out Tuesday, President Barack Obama used several television weathermen to make his point about the bad weather news and a need for action to curb carbon pollution before it is too late. “We want to emphasize to the public, this is not some distant problem of the future. This is a problem that is affecting Americans right now,” Obama told Today show weathercaster Al Roker. “Whether it means increased flooding, greater vulnerability to drought, more severe wildfires — all these things are having an impact on Americans as we speak.” Climate change’s assorted harms “are expected to become increasingly disruptive across the nation throughout this century and beyond,” the National Climate Assessment concluded, emphasizing the impact of too-wild weather as well as simple warming.
Troubled by the low rate of pregnant women seeking prenatal care, Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center and several other organizations launched an initiative Tuesday to provide care to all pregnant women in Santa Fe County, regardless of their ability to pay. The Healthy Babies campaign was inspired by the recently completed Community Health Needs Assessment, which found that 24 percent of pregnant women in Santa Fe County did not receive any prenatal care during their first trimester. “The current process does not work for us and our community,” said Bruce Tassin, Christus St. Vincent CEO. “It’s unacceptable to have a quarter of our population of mothers not have prenatal care.” The Healthy Baby initiative aims to get 100 percent of pregnant women into a doctor’s office during the first three months of their pregnancies. “We’re there to help our community take the lead in ensuring that every pregnant woman gets appropriate prenatal care,” Tassin said. Beginning Tuesday, pregnant women can call Healthy Baby at 984-BABY (2229), or visit the upcoming website, www.stvin.org/ prenatal, to take part in the program. Christus staffers will help callers enroll in subsidized
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Artist gives up seat on board to see group through market as interim COO By Anne Constable
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allin Maybee, named interim chief operating officer of the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts on Tuesday, is taking over an organization rocked by key resignations and competition from a new Indian art market scheduled for the same weekend this summer as the 93rd annual Santa Fe Indian Market.
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All less than four months before SWAIA presents the oldest and largest juried show of Native American art in the world. Maybee, an artist and lawyer who is of Seneca and Northern Arapaho heritage, resigned from the SWAIA board to take the post. He is facing many unknowns. A big one is whether the new Indigenous Fine Art Market, started by SWAIA defectors, will draw collectors away from Santa Fe’s Plaza, the home of Indian
Market, to the city’s Railyard, just 1.3 miles away. Another is whether the thousand or so artists who have depended so heavily on Indian Market for their annual income will choose the upstart market over Indian Market. Or both. Maybee, who was introduced as interim COO at a news conference Tuesday at La Fonda, opened his remarks by assuring everyone that “Indian Market is happening.” There have been some “speed bumps,” he acknowledged, and “we’ve seen hiccups before.”
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In a talk presented by the Lannan Foundation, author Sandra Steingraber discusses the relationship between environmental factors and cancer with GRITtv host Laura Flanders, 7 p.m., Lensic Performing Arts Center, $6, discounts available, 988-1234, ticketssantafe.org. More events in Calendar, A-2 and Fridays in Pasatiempo
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