PMS - Cuba Health Center

About PMS - Cuba Health Center

This community health services center is located in Sandoval County. Weekly hours of operation is 40. Opened in 1970, this is full-time clinic.

PMS/Checkerboard Area Health System (CAHS) is a system of 5 health centers located in and around Cuba, N.M. We provide an integrated program of primary care, dental care, and behavioral healthcare. CAHS provides a large range of services, including, but not limited to diabetes education and management, hypertension management, chronic disease management, acute care issues, prenatal, pediatric, and immunizations. We have special contractual agreements which allow us to provide optometry care and high risk OB care. We also own and operate the only certificated ambulance service in Northern Sandoval County, which serves the community within a 50 mile circumference around the Cuba Health Center.

CAHS has a capitated contract with Indian Health Services to provide healthcare to all Native Americans who reside within our contract care service area. Through this contract we provide Public Health Nursing and Utilization Review for our IHS patients.

We receive funding through a multitude of sources, including most private insurances, Medicaid, Medicare, Federal 330 grants funding, RPHCA funding, Indian Health Care funding, as well as, Sandoval County and State funding for the ambulance program.

Behavioral Health:
Our Behavioral Health care provides individual, group, couples, child therapy, substance abuse assessment and psychiatric diagnosis and medication management via tele-psych.

Dental:
Our dental centers provide care for both adults and children. Services consist of oral health screenings, cleanings, basic and major restorative care, and denture services.
Dentists: David Hanson and Patricio C. Larragoite