Healthcare options in ABQ (health insurance, best, Presbyterian)

[Rich Cabeza]

If I lived in the Taylor Ranch area would Rust be the place to go? Also aren't most/many specialists in the downtown/UNM area?

[Zoidberg]

Originally Posted by Rich Cabeza

If I lived in the Taylor Ranch area would Rust be the place to go? Also aren't most/many specialists in the downtown/UNM area?

It'd all depend on what you were up against, but Rust has gotten pretty big. And truth be told, specialists can be found smattered throughout the city.

Cancer, trauma center, mental health emergency, you're probably looking at UNMH.
Knee or hip replacements, probably Pres Main.
Other specialists, it's a crap shoot.

[Poncho_NM]

Originally Posted by Rich Cabeza

If I lived in the Taylor Ranch area would Rust be the place to go? Also aren't most/many specialists in the downtown/UNM area?

I don't really know. I have had heart surgery at

From: https://rust-medical-center.phs.org/...s/clinics.aspx

Presbyterian Rust Medical Center provides the Sandoval County community convenient access to healthcare, through a variety of clinic services:

PMG Cardiology
PMG General Surgery
PMG Orthopedics
PMG Obstetrics and Gynecology
PMG Hematology/Oncology
PMG Orthopedic Surgery
PMG Podiatry
PMG Urology

You might read the web site, a lot of information there. There is a page about "Accepted Insurance" at https://rust-medical-center.phs.org/...insurance.aspx

They have been very good at answering my wife's phone calls over the years.

[Rich Cabeza]

Originally Posted by Poncho_NM

I don't really know. I have had heart surgery at

From: https://rust-medical-center.phs.org/...s/clinics.aspx

Presbyterian Rust Medical Center provides the Sandoval County community convenient access to healthcare, through a variety of clinic services:

PMG Cardiology
PMG General Surgery
PMG Orthopedics
PMG Obstetrics and Gynecology
PMG Hematology/Oncology
PMG Orthopedic Surgery
PMG Podiatry
PMG Urology

You might read the web site, a lot of information there. There is a page about "Accepted Insurance" at https://rust-medical-center.phs.org/...insurance.aspx

They have been very good at answering my wife's phone calls over the years.

Looks like everything we need but the eye doctor. There's a internist Dr. Syed Shah who gets 5 star reviews there. Do you know of him?

[Poncho_NM]

Originally Posted by Rich Cabeza

Looks like everything we need but the eye doctor. There's a internist Dr. Syed Shah who gets 5 star reviews there. Do you know of him?

Have not dealt with him.

https://pmgdirectory.phs.org/details...ne-albuquerque
Syed N Shah, MD
Internal Medicine

Primary Care | ABQ Harper Dr NE
Family Medicine
5901 Harper Dr NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
A department of Presbyterian Hospital.




I have been using Eye Associates of New Mexico for about 18 years...

My wife and I have been refereed to at Eye Associates of New Mexico, there are various locations: https://www.eyenm.com/

[NMHacker]

Originally Posted by Rich Cabeza

Looks like everything we need but the eye doctor. There's a internist Dr. Syed Shah who gets 5 star reviews there. Do you know of him?

Dr. Irons at Blink is awesome.

[subwayaz]

Good luck with quality medical care in the ABQ area . In the three years that I lived there quality medical care from the fore mentioned medical facilities was like chasing a ghost. Due to the fact they don’t pay well there so the Doctors don’t stay around very long. So quality care is spotty at best.

[ingsoc75]

We had much better healthcare options in Huntsville, AL which is a much smaller city and population.

[Poncho_NM]

Originally Posted by Moonpie504

I would verify that my insurance is accepted by whichever hospital system or medical group that you choose.

Agreed.

[ApartmentNomad]

One thing I would like to point out is that there is actually a very good range of alternative health care available here. We comparable favorably to some much more heavily populated states in that respect.

Of course, not everybody wants to go that route, and most of us who do make use of alternative health care generally don't expect to use it for every health concern.