May 27, 2026
Lovelace Health System and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico reached a new deal to ensure BCBSNM customers remain in-network.
The new, 4-year participation agreement will ensure all Lovelace facilities and employed physicians and providers will remain in-network with BCBSNM. According to Lovelace, patients with BCBSNM insurance, including “all commercial, individual/family, Medicare Advantage and Turquoise Medicaid plans,” don’t need to take any action to continue receiving in-network rates.
The agreement ensures that roughly 79,000 Lovelace patients with BCBSNM insurance can continue accessing health system’s services at in-network rates.
Sources: Albuquerque Journal, KOB
April 30, 2026
Lovelace Health System, one of the Albuquerque metro’s three major hospital and health care networks, may soon be designated as an out-of-network provider for one New Mexico’s largest health insurers. Unless an agreement is reached, the current contract expires on May 31.
The following BCBSNM plans would be affected:
- ParPlan
- PPO
- POS
- HMO
- Blue Advantage HMO
- Blue Preferred
- Blue Community HMO
- Blue Cross Medicare Advantage (PPO)
- Blue Cross Medicare Advantage (HMO)
- Turquoise Care
Lovelace is one of the three major hospital systems in the Albuquerque metro, alongside Presbyterian and UNM Health. Many BCBSNM plans consider Presbyterian to be out-of-network for metro area residents. Losing Lovelace would leave UNM Health as the only hospital system in the metro area within network.
Sources: KOB, KRQE via Yahoo!News