Indigent Fund

Mission                                                                                     Contact

The mission of the Indigent Fund program is to provide professional clerical assistance to medically indigent patients who are residents of Taos County and applying for assistance with their eligible medical billings.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assisting the general public in completing their application for Indigent Fund assistance and collect the pertinent data in order to determine eligibility.
• Process incoming claims that are received from Holy Cross Hospital.

Julia J. Valerio

Benefits Coordinator

105 Albright Street Suite A

Taos, NM 87571

Ph: (575) 737-6435

Fax: (575) 737-6314

Hours

8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Monday –  Friday

• Upon receiving the completed information, enter information in to the database and create file.

• Make recommendation to county commission at a regularly scheduled meeting as to whether the claim should be approved or denied.
• After county commission meeting, forward lists to respective providers so they in turn can credit the patient account accordingly.
• For those providers that require a check, we request that a check be prepared (via memo) to the Accounts Payable Clerk. Attach check to approved list and mail out to provider.
• Enter claims information on spreadsheet. This information is kept on a monthly basis to assist in preparing the annual county indigent fund report that is due to the New Mexico Human Health Policy Commission by October 15th of each year. This report becomes available in January of the proceeding year.
• Prepare letters to applicants/patients advising of the status of their claim, amount paid, and for what date of services.