New Mexico's Health Quality Improvement Organization

NMMRA Board of Directors

The New Mexico Medical Review Association (NMMRA) is an Albuquerque-based, not-for-profit, physician-sponsored organization. Its 12-member Board of Directors includes statewide representation from a variety of health care settings/disciplines as well as non-health care backgrounds. One-third of the directors are elected (3)/appointed (1) annually for three-year terms, with a cap on service of six years.

A three-tier mileage approach is used in determining compensation for members for participation at Full Board and Executive/Finance Committee meetings, generally held four times per year. Based on distance traveled, members receive between $200 and $500 per meeting attended.

Some members of the Board may have expertise on matters of direct relevance to work that NMMRA performs under its various contracts that is of a nature requiring professional-level compensation, such as performance of individual case review. Specific terms and conditions for services as well as reasonable and comparable rates of pay are called out in independent contractor agreements.

	Physician Representative (Albuquerque) (Elected) Don F. Seelinger, MD President Board-certified neurologist Term expires - May 2009 Service cap - May 2011 Don Seelinger has served as President of the Board of NMMRA since 2002 having been elected to an unprecedented third consecutive two-year term in 2008. In that capacity, he also serves as chair of NMMRA's Executive Committee. Dr. Seelinger received his MD degree from the University of Colorado in 1958. He is board certified in Neurology and Electrodiagnostic Medicine. He is Emeritus Professor of Neurology and a staff physician at the University of New Mexico Department of Neurology as well as having staff privileges at four other hospitals in the state, including Veterans Administration Hospital. He is a founding member and current President of the New Mexico Neuroscience Society as well as a member of both the New Mexico Medical Society, for which he is a past President, and the American Medical Association.
	Physician Representative (Clovis) (Elected) Stephen Haynes, MD, MPH Vice President Board-certified in general surgery Term expires - May 2010 Service cap - May 2011 Stephen Haynes has practiced as a board-certified general surgeon in Clovis since 1982. He is a past president of the New Mexico Medical Society and NMMRA. He is currently chairperson of the American Physicians Assurance Regional Board of Directors and is a member of the American Physicians Capital Board of Directors. He is also a founding director of the Bank of Clovis.
	Medical Society Representative (Albuquerque) (Elected) Annie Jung, MEd Secretary/Treasurer Associate Executive Director, New Mexico Medical Society Term expires - May 2011 Service cap - May 2014 Annie Jung is a native New Mexican and graduate of Indiana University and the University of Virginia. She was hired by the New Mexico Medical Society in 2000 to launch the Clinical Prevention Initiative and manage the continuing medical education program. In the summer of 2008, Annie became the Associate Executive Director of the Medical Society.
	Business Community Representative (Albuquerque) (Elected) Robert L. Boverie, BA, BBA Coldwell Banker Legacy, Associate Broker/Realtor® Term expires – May 2012 Service cap – May 2015 Robert Boverie brings a strong private-sector business background beginning in 1971 to the present, largely as an entrepreneur, and is currently in partnership with his wife as a broker and realtor in the Albuquerque metropolitan area. He also acquired three years experience in the not-for-profit arena as administrative director of Samaritan Counseling Center. Mr. Boverie is president-elect of the Rotary Club of Albuquerque and is grants and scholarship chair for the Rotary District Foundation. Fluent in Spanish, he is active in donation programs for areas in need in Central America. He holds degrees from both Texas Tech University (finance) and Thunderbird School of International Management in Arizona.
	Consumer Representative (Albuquerque) (Appointed) Danny Burnett, MEd Term expires - December 2011 Service cap - December 2014 Danny Burnett is a retired New Mexico educator who served five different New Mexico school districts over 32 years as a teacher, elementary principal, middle school principal, assistant superintendent and superintendent. He graduated from Eastern New Mexico University in 1971 with a bachelor's degree in education and in 1975 with a Master's in Educational Administration. He has been involved in many civic organizations such as Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce and Crimestoppers. He served as a member, board member or officer in public school-related organizations such as New Mexico School Administrators, Association of School Business Officials, New Mexico Research and Study Council, and New Mexico School Superintendent's Association and has been on the board of the Eastern New Mexico University Alumni Association since 1989. In 2002 he was awarded the Business of the Year from the Los Lunas Chamber of Commerce.
	Hospital Administrator Representative (Carlsbad) (Elected) Janet Carbary, MBA Carlsbad Medical Center Term expires - May 2010 Service cap - December 2014 Janet Carbary is currently the CEO at Carlsbad Medical Center. She has been there since early 2004 and has previously served as the CFO and COO. Besides hospitals she has also worked in durable medical equipment and clinical laboratories in Texas. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the New Mexico Hospital Association. She holds a CPA from Washington State and an MBA from Gonzaga University. She has also been trained as a nurse.
	Medicare Beneficiary Representative (Albuquerque) (Appointed) Charlene Casados, RN, BS Presbyterian Hospice, Harmony Hospice and Nurse Finders Term expires - May 2012 Service cap - May 2014 Charlene "Charlie" Casados is currently working in hospice and home care with Presbyterian Hospice, Harmony Hospice, and Nurse Finders. Previous inpatient experience includes nine years as cardiac department director and Presbyterian Hospital, supervising as many as 75 staff and serving as a staff nurse prior to that time. Ms. Casados is conversant in Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) and physician credentialing requirements.
	Consumer Representative (Albuquerque) (Appointed) Lucrecia Jaramillo, JD Term expires - January 2011 Service cap - January 2015 Lucrecia R. Jaramillo, JD, is a staff attorney with the New Mexico Senior Citizens’ Law Office (SCLO). In that capacity, Ms. Jaramillo represents clients in consumer, landlord/tenant, Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security, quality of care and autonomy issues, having successfully appealed many cases over the past two years. Bilingual in English and Spanish, she is also active in educating the community as part of outreach in such areas of Medicare and health care power of attorney. She has been a member of NMMRA’s Consumer Advisory Council since 2007 and also represents SCLO with the Albuquerque Aligning Forces for Quality initiative funded by a grant to NMMRA from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Prior to SCLO, Ms. Jaramillo was a staff attorney with New Mexico Legal Aid where she also worked on behalf of consumers. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of New Mexico, she received her Juris Doctor (JD) degree from the New York University School of Law.
	Physician Representative (Hobbs) (Elected) Sambaiah Kankanala, MD, MBA Board-certified in internal medicine Term expires - May 2011 Service cap - May 2012 Sambaiah Kankanala has had an internal medicine and sub specialty practice in Hobbs since 1981. He served in the past as a board member of A.P. Capital and the New Mexico Medical Board. He is currently vice speaker of the New Mexico Medical Society. He is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine and geriatric medicine.
	Physician Representative (Cuba) (Elected) Richard Kozoll, MD, MPH Board-certified in family practice and general preventive medicine Term expires - May 2010 Service cap - May 2014 Richard Kozoll blends his Community Health Center practice with his role as Chair of the New Mexico Clinical Prevention Initiative, a combined effort of the New Mexico Medical Society and Department of Health. He is a past CEO and Medical Director (1986-1992) for NMMRA and has continued to consult with NMMRA in support of its programs. He is board-certified in family practice, general preventive medicine, and quality assurance and utilization review.
	Physician Representative (Deming) (Elected) John Lundy, MD Board-certified in family practice Term expires - May 2009 Service cap - May 2014 John Lundy is a native New Mexican and has maintained a practice in general medicine for the past 25 years. For the past 20 years, he has been a member of the Board of Directors for Mimbres Memorial Hospital. He has also served as director on the A.P. Capital Regional Board in New Mexico.
	Physician Representative (Albuquerque) (Elected) Anne Simpson, MD, CMD Board-certified in internal medicine Term expires - May 2011 Service cap - May 2012 Anne Simpson is Associate Professor of Medicine and director of the Institute of Ethics, Division of Geriatrics, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. She is a physician champion for long-term care in the state and has been a NMMRA Board Director for two years, serving on the NMMRA Board’s Corporate Compliance Committee. She also serves on NMMRA's Consumer Advisory Council.