Events
Patient-Led NM Healthcare Summits: Real Voices. Real Reform.
New Mexico is facing a healthcare crisis: patients are waiting months for appointments, traveling across state lines for care, and struggling to find doctors. Behind the statistics are real stories of families whose health and futures are on the line.
The Patient-Led NM Healthcare Summits bring together patients, providers, community leaders, and policymakers for one urgent purpose: to shine a light on the challenges driving New Mexico’s physician shortage — and to inspire collaborative solutions.
At these summits, you will:
- Hear firsthand stories from New Mexican patients about the barriers they face.
- Learn how state policies on malpractice, reimbursement rates, and healthcare taxes are impacting access to care.
- Join in dialogue with healthcare leaders about actionable reforms that put patients first.
- Discover how you can be part of a growing movement to secure a healthier future for New Mexico.
Healing Policy for Healthcare. Together.
We’re building a healthcare system that puts patients first.
Patient-Led New Mexico is proud to work alongside a growing coalition of healthcare providers, professional associations, community organizations, and policy advocates. These partners share our commitment to protecting patient access, supporting providers, and advancing real, sustainable reform across our state.
Summit in Grants, NM
Patient-Led NM invites you to the Healthcare Summit at the NMSU Grants Branch Auditorium. This community forum will put patients at the center of the conversation on healthcare reform, highlighting the real human cost of delayed or unavailable care. Families like the Saiz family of Las Cruces are traveling hours for appointments and facing impossible choices because physicians are leaving the state.
Date: Tuesday, October 21st 2025
Time: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Address: 1500 N. 3rd St., Grants, NM 87020
Summit in Taos, NM
At Bataan Hall, UNM Taos, the Healthcare Summit will spotlight rural challenges—provider shortages, distance to care, and limited infrastructure. Local practitioners and community leaders will share perspectives on what it takes to expand access in northern New Mexico.
Date: Thursday, November 13th 2025
Time: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Address: 121 Civic Plaza Drive, Taos, NM 87571
Summit in Albuquerque, NM
Join us at the UNM Continuing Education Conference Center for a Healthcare Summit focused on the challenges facing hospitals and providers in New Mexico’s largest metro area. Local leaders will highlight solutions to workforce shortages and financial pressures shaping care in Albuquerque and beyond.
Date: Monday, November 3rd 2025
Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Address: 1634 University Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Summit in Las Cruces, NM
The Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine will host our Las Cruces Healthcare Summit, where community physicians and educators will discuss how southern New Mexico families are impacted by long travel times and limited specialty care. Voices from the border region will guide the conversation on building stability in care delivery.
Date: Wednesday, November 19th 2025
Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Address: 3501 Arrowhead Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88001
Virtual Summit
Patient-Led NM invites you to the Virtual Healthcare Summit. This online forum will amplify patient voices in the conversation on healthcare reform, highlighting the widespread human cost of delayed or unavailable care across New Mexico. Families in every corner of the state are struggling to access timely, local care as physicians continue to leave.
The Virtual Summit will convene patients, healthcare leaders, and policymakers in a statewide discussion of pragmatic reforms (malpractice, reimbursement, and GRT relief) that can restore stability to New Mexico’s healthcare system and improve access to care for all.
Date: Tuesday, December 2nd 2025
Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Meeting link: TBA