Southwest NM could break new ground with food hub

Friday, January 5, 2024; Silver City, NM: Keep it local, is the motto of Mike McMillan, the operations officer and athletic trainer at Southwest Bone and Joint Institute in Silver City. Every year McMillan and the Institute’s dedicated staff open their doors to the local students in the Dream Makers Health Careers Program and Teen […]

Friday, October 24, 2023; Washington D.C.: Members of the Center for Health Innovation’s New Mexico Community Data Collaborative (NMCDC) team attended the 2023 Disaggregation Nation! summit in Washington D.C. on Oct. 24, hosted by the Leadership Conference Education Fund, our funders in the Data Disaggregation work (more information on this to be released in Jan. […]

List of rural New Mexico counties from the New Mexico Rural Health Plan.

This project examined the current practices, services, and needs (including discharge planning and care coordination for those recently released from incarceration) for recovery communities and recovery organizations in 14 Health Resources and Services Administration-designated rural counties in Southern New Mexico: Catron, Chaves, Cibola, De Baca, Eddy, Grant, Hidalgo, Lea, Lincoln, Luna, Otero, Roosevelt, Sierra, and […]

This report identifies and addresses four key questions related to Medicaid billing and reimbursement for certified and credentialed behavioral health professionals, also referred to as non-licensed providers. These areas include: This report was written on behalf of the Grow Our Behavioral Health Workforce Consortium (the Consortium), a multi-sector group with a goal to “develop and […]

Are you looking to join a Dynamic Team? The Center for Health Innovation (CHI) is seeking an Administrative Specialist II. This position requires a bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field (two-years’ experience may substitute for one year of education). Candidates should be detail-oriented, have strong organizational skills; coordination and communication […]

August 2, 2023; Silver City, NM:  The Grant County Community Health Council (GCCHC) worked in partnership with Silver Consolidated School District, New Mexico Department of Health, and local bike shop “The Bike Works” to put on the Viva Bike Rodeo. The purpose of the event was to provide outreach education to emphasize the importance of […]

The Center for Health Innovation (CHI-PHI) is seeking a Program Specialist to lead the planning and implementation of substance use prevention programming in Grant County.  The Program Specialist works with a diverse community coalition and is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating appropriate strategies, community engagement, meeting coordination, data collection, and detailed activity reporting.  […]

Friday, July 21, 2023; Silver City, NM: Last week, students from the Teen Academy for Health Sciences (TAHS) graduated from the program with medical experience, knowledge sharing from Silver City’s healthcare professionals, and wonderful memories of their visit to medical schools in Las Cruces. Silver High School sophomore, Carmen Medina joined the academy for its […]

The Center for Health Innovation’s New Mexico Community Data Collaborative is hiring a Client Specialist/UI IX Designer! Are you a highly motivated individual with an eye for design and excellent communication skills? Do you wish to work for a company that values employee well-being and work-life balance? If yes, then this is the career for […]

Saturday, April 22, 2023; Silver City, NM:  This year Earth Day, The Grant County Community Health Council’s (GCCHC) Unhoused Taskforce did a little spring cleaning and removed over 165 pounds of litter and debris from the Big Ditch with the aid of a group of electric volunteers dedicated to forging a better future for residents. […]

The NM Primary Care Training Consortium (NMPCTC), headquartered in SW New Mexico, NM  is seeking a Director of Program Development to assist with development of primary care residencies in New Mexico through community development, needs assessment, partnership, and affiliation development, ACGME application development and related activities. Functions may include: program development, policy and financing efforts […]