New Mexico will pay out $10 million to resolve the last remaining lawsuits over a shake-up of its behavioral health system in 2013 under the prior administration of Republican Gov. Susana Martinez. Martinez's administration froze payments to 15 mental health service providers after an audit identified $36 million in Medicaid overpayments. The state attorney general later cleared the providers of any criminal wrongdoing, but 10 filed lawsuits, saying some providers were forced to close their doors and discontinue provision of any behavioral health services.
State will pay $10M to mental health providers after suit
nmpolitics.net