New Mexico Denies Christus Health Plan Qualified Health Plan Status

By Amy Lotven / August 22, 2019 at 5:07 PM
New Mexico’s insurance chief announced this week that Christus Health Plan will not be allowed to offer products on the state’s exchange for 2020 due to compliance issues including a failure to provide transgender services and discrepancies on policies related to prior authorization and evidence of coverage, among other problems. The denial means that about 1,100 of the 56,000 people enrolled in coverage through the state’s exchange, bewellNM, will have to find a new plan. Georgetown University’s Sabrina Corlette says...


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