New Mexico has so far reviewed only two hospital acquisitions under oversight laws passed in 2024 and 2025, largely in response to the state’s nation-leading rate of private equity-owned hospitals. One transaction was approved in December 2024 and the other is currently under review, according to the New Mexico Office of the Superintendent of Insurance and the Health Care Authority. The Health Care Consolidation Oversight Act, approved in 2024, temporarily authorized the state’s insurance regulation agency to review certain transactions related to hospital mergers. That authority was expanded, made permanent and shifted from the insurance agency to the Health Care Authority in 2025. Some lawmakers and advocates argue the law still has loopholes hindering transparency and oversight, and say there are more private equity transactions not being scrutinized because they’re not included under the law. The oversight efforts, though, have received strong pushback from the hospital industry in years past, and some lawmakers have argued private equity is unfairly demonized.
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