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Navajo Nation Council passes emergency legislation to access COVID-19 Medicaid dollars

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Urges New Mexico governor to launch the Indian managed care entity

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - The Navajo Nation Council unanimously passed emergency legislation 0069-20 March 20, requesting the Governor of New Mexico activate the Naat’áanii Development Corporation - Molina Healthcare, Incorporated Indian Managed Care Entity...

Organizer of Battered Families benefit dinner reflects on turnout

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Last month, Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services organized and hosted a Valentine’s Day fundraiser for Battered Families Services at the Knights of Columbus Hall.

Guests got to enjoy a meal provided by the hospital’s Behavioral Health Services’s culinary staff and dance to music provided by Marvis Wynn, aka DJ Marvelous, a KGLP disc jockey.

Cassandra Lopez, administrative director for outpatient clinics at RMCHCS, reflected on the benefit dinner March 25.

“It was a lot of fun. We had probably about 50 to 60 people there,” she said. “We would have liked a better turnout, but what we had was great.”

She added she thinks a lot of people were happy to...

RMCH ends agreement with 15 nurse contractors

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Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services will end their agreements with 15 contractor nurses from various nursing agencies. The nurses' agreements are 13-week contracts which can be renewed or canceled every two weeks.

 

"We are mandated by the State of New Mexico to end elective surgeries as are all the other hospitals in the state," RMCHCS CEO David Conejo said. "With this new rule in effect, it affects our finances. As we approach the difficult financial challenges COVID-19 imposes on us, like many other businesses across the globe, we are taking prudent financial steps which make sense.”

 

RMCHCS announced plans last week to reduce elective hospital admissions by...

Navajo Nation: 26 new cases of COVID-19

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VIRUS CLAIMS 7 LIVES

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — According to the Navajo Department of Health and Navajo Area Indian Health Service, in coordination with the Navajo Epidemiology Center, the number of positive tests for COVID-19 has reached a total of 174 for the Navajo Nation as of Tuesday. In addition, there are now a total of seven confirmed deaths related to COVID-19.

The 174 cases include the following counties:

Navajo County, AZ: 85

Apache County, AZ: 17

Coconino County, AZ: 40

McKinley County, NM: 10

San Juan County, NM: 15

Cibola County, NM: 1

San Juan County, UT: 6

“We are very sorry to hear of the loss of more lives due to the virus – we offer our prayers for the families...

Numbers rise, test restrictions ease

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SANTA FE - New Mexico state health officials on announced 35 additional positive tests for COVID-19 and one case previously reported as positive in San Juan County, but it was negative.

 

New Mexico how has five deaths and 315 positive tests for COVID-19.

 

Per the state Department of Health, on March 31, the most recent cases are:12 new cases in Bernalillo County4 new cases in McKinley County1 new case in Rio Arriba County6 new cases in San Juan County7 new cases in Sandoval County4 new cases in Santa Fe County1 new case in Taos County

The Department of Health on March 31 also reported one additional death in New Mexico related to COVID-19.

 

The case is:​A male in...

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