Working Capital

INVOLVING YOUNG GIRLS ENDED WITH NO CHARGES. SOMETHING NEW TO HELP EASE NEW MEXICOS DOCTOR SHORTAGE, AN INSURANCE COMPANY IS MAKING A HUGE INVESTMENT TO TRY AND LURE MORE OF THESE PROFESSIONALS TO OUR STATE. PEYTON SPELLACY IS LIVE OUTSIDE OF BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD TO TELL US HOW IT WILL WORK. PEYTON. GOOD MORNING ROYALE. THIS IS A $500,000 INVESTMENT. AND WHAT THIS IS GOING TO HELP DO IS HELP COVER LOAN REPAYMENTS, SALARY SUPPORT, SIGNING BONUSES AND MOVING COSTS TO HELP ATTRACT MORE PHYSICIANS TO OUR STATE. SO BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD WILL GIVE THAT MONEY TO THE NEW MEXICO MEDICAL FOUNDATION. AND THAT FOUNDATION CREATED A COMMITTEE THAT WILL SCORE APPLICANTS ON MULTIPLE FACTORS. THE PROGRAM WILL BRING ABOUT TEN NEW PHYSICIANS TO THE STATE, WHICH THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER SAYS WILL HAVE A GREAT IMPACT. RIGHT NOW, SHE SAYS, NEW MEXICANS DONT HAVE ENOUGH ACCESS TO DOCTORS, AND THAT PUTS PHYSICIANS, PROVIDERS AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS UNDER A LOT OF STRESS. I KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT AS BRINGING TEN PHYSICIANS TO THE STATE, IT MAY NOT APPEAR AS A LARGE NUMBER. HOWEVER, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS, EACH OF THOSE PHYSICIANS CAN HANDLE AND THE DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS OF THAT, I THINK IT MAKES IT LARGE. SHE SAYS WERE MOST IN NEED OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS, BUT WE ALSO NEED MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH PRACTITIONERS, AS WELL AS OBSTETRICIAN GYNECOLOGISTS AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS. REPORTING LIVE IN NORTHE