La Frontera To Close New Mexico Medicaid Behavioral Health Operations

On April 8, 2015, La Frontera decided to end its publicly funded behavioral health operations in New Mexico and exit its contracts with the state’s Centennial Care Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs).  The MCOs are making arrangements with their provider organization networks to serve La Frontera New Mexico's clients. Specifics about these arrangements have not been announced.

La Frontera, an Arizona-based non-profit behavioral health provider organization, had entered New Mexico in the summer of 2013 as part of a group of five Arizona provider organizations recruited by the New Mexico Human Service Department (HSD). The group . . .