Criminal allegations in NM behavioral health system no surprise to one advocate

“I haven’t read the audit” of the providers in question, “but I do have concerns about the … allegations because it wouldn’t surprise me,” said Carol Miller, a longtime critic of the way behavioral health is carried out in New Mexico. “Patients and beneficiaries are often the low priorities.” Earlier this summer, the state’s Human Services Department suspended payments to more than a dozen providers after an independent auditing firm from Boston confirmed what the department said was warning signs of potential misuse of dollars. Click here to read the full article by Rob Nikolewski of the New Mexico Watchdog.