Pecos Valley HIV/AIDS Resource Center
Client Services & Community Education
FUNDED BY
THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Welcome to the Pecos Valley HIV/AIDS Resource Center (P.V.H.A.R.C.) web site. Pecos Valley H.A.R.C. is located at 808-B N. Union Avenue in Roswell, New Mexico and is one of five Health Management Alliance (HMA) members that serve HIV-positive residents of New Mexico. Pecos Valley H.A.R.C. serves the following nine southeast New Mexico counties: Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea, Lincoln, Quay and Roosevelt.
The HMA Model:
The New Mexico Department of Health (DOH), Infectious Disease Bureau, initiated an innovative approach to HIV care in New Mexico because of the need for containment of rising costs, expensive new treatments, and the changing profile of persons living with HIV.
On July 1, 1997, the Department of Health designated, through a competitive contractual process, four regional HIV specialty care agencies called Health Management Alliances (HMAs). Each HMA brings all our HIV-related services under one roof to create a comprehensive continuum of care. The goals of the HMA system are to reduce gaps in service, lower the utilization of the more expensive services associated with disease progression (e.g. hospitalization, emergency room visits, and home health care), and to provide accessible care in a timely fashion.
Each HMA director serves on the Governor's AIDS Task Force, a statewide organization of consumers and professional service providers of HIV care appointed by the Governor. The purpose of the Task Force is to develop proposed policies and program changes to enhance HIV/AIDS care and to present them to the administration and the New Mexico legislature.
Each HMA is tailored to the special needs of its geographic and demographic area, including a statewide HMA to serve Native Americans that was created in 1999. The HMAs are funded to provide, directly or by referral, medical care, case management, social work services, home health care, mental health and substance abuse services, and practical support, including housing assistance, food bank, travel reimbursement, and volunteer services.
Each HMA provides care for enrolled clients in their geographic area via a capitated rate. Crucial to HIV cost containment is preventing and slowing disease progression. Even more important than cost containment is the improved care of clients provided through the bundling and consolidation of services. This integrated system of care can accomodate the special needs of each client. The HMA system of care has reduced death, extended lives, and improved the quality of life of those living with HIV.
HMA Funding:
The HIV Bureau of the Public Health Division of the Department of Health (DOH) is the single largest funder of the HMAs.
HMA Locations:
