Governor Provides $168 Million Windfall to Managed Care Organizations, Failing to Demand Return of Over-payments
Looks Like Governor Lujan Grisham’s Health Team Will Allow Manage Care Organizations to Pocket Ill-gotten…
Investigative Reporting
Special investigative reports.
Millions in Hidden, Extra Compensation for a Handful of Neurosurgeons, Exposes Severe Pay Disparity at UNM Hospital
More Than 2,100 Employees of the UNM Health System Made Less Than a Living Wage…
$22 Million in Extra Pay to Handful of Neurosurgeons Not Disclosed on UNM Sunshine Portal in Last Four Fiscal Years
Small Group of UNM Neurosurgeons “Primary Salary” Vastly Understates Their Actual Compensation – Including as…
Is UNM Throwing Another Neurosurgery Resident Under the Bus to Protect Highly Paid Faculty/Attending Doctors?
According to reports from sources at UNM’s Hospital, leadership of the School of Medicine (SOM)…
Separate and Unequal – New Mexico Runs Two Tier System for DD Waiver Caregivers
The Los Lunas Community Program, a division of the State’s Department of Health, pays workers…
Why Does It Seem That The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same at UNM’s Neurosurgery Department?
“Piscis primum a capite foetet.” Or, translated colloquially, “The fish rots first from the head.”…
Flaws That Led to 2019 UNM Neurosurgery Losing Accreditation, Resurface as Docs in Charge Rake in Millions of Extra Income
Introduction to Expanded Investigatory Reporting on the University of New Mexico’s School of Medicine Neurosurgery…
HCA Finally Picks Contractor to Conduct New Rate Study for Developmental Disabilities Waiver Programs
The New Mexico Health Care Authority and the Developmental Disabilities Supports Division has finally awarded…
Another UNM Doctor Confirms Intimidation for Raising Concerns About Use of IRRAflow Device
Despite UNM’s Silence, Another Communication Surfaces Relative to Intimidation of Medical Personnel For Questioning Use…
UNM Won’t Release Key Documents That Led Regents to Use $2.1 Million in “Hush Money” to Settle Suit Alleging Lab Fraud, Bullying, and Mismanagement
UNM Lawyers Refuse to Release Original Letter Alleging Misconduct by HSC Officials and Federal Agency…
UNM Health Sciences Center – Billions of Public Dollars Spent – Sketchy Accountability at SOM, and ‘Filthy’ CMD Research Labs
Why the Spending and Operations of UNM Health Sciences Needs a Forensic and Programmatic Deep…
UNMH Knew of Complaints Linking Misuse of Device to Harm, Including Death, of Numerous Patients – Part Three.
Late last summer, University of New Mexico medical professionals contacted The Candle expressing concerns about…
Serious Allegations of Harm to Patients by UNM Hospital Misuse of Medical Device in Neurosurgery Department – Part Two
Several UNM Neurosurgery Department Faculty, Attending Physicians, Mid-level Providers, & Learners Told The Candle that…
UNM Dodges Queries on FDA Adverse Event Report Alleging Harm to Neurosurgery Patients – Part One.
After UNM settled two serious cases involving bullying, concerns of misconduct, and fraudulent representations regarding…
UNM Leaders Silent on Roles Played in Recruitment, and Subsequent Reported Mistreatment, of Hispanic Woman Resident Doctor
Learning Environment Office Silent on Questions it Capitulated to Dean of School of Medicine in…