Breaking New Ground in Rural Medicine: The Shiprock-UNM Family ...
Family Practice • Shiprock, NM
Clinic Type
Family Practice
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-505--272-5849
cloutieb@unm.edu
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What Patients Say
Overall sentiment across review platforms: positive
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) data via OurHealthNetwork: 50.7/100 (MIPS Quality Score) (174 providers scored)
Patients praise
- Focus on rural and Native American health equity
- Strong community collaboration and cultural humility training
- Innovative residency model serving the Navajo Nation
Common complaints
- Administrative/billing outliers noted in statistical analyses of Medicaid claims data
"The community teaches the residents how to be excellent physicians, and also how to butcher a sheep."
— Dr. Heather Kovich, founding program directorSynthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].
In the News
- UNM Residency Programs: Training New Mexico Doctors - News Usa Today — Sep 25, 2025
- UNM wins $2.5 million federal grant to expand street medicine training | News | abqjournal.com — Dec 9, 2025
- UNM receives $2.5M grant to expand resident physician training in street medicine — Dec 8, 2025
- UNM expands its street medicine program with a federal grant to train medical residents — Dec 9, 2025
- UNM School of Medicine dean tours Four Corners clinical sites - The Tri-City Record — Sep 23, 2025
Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 11, 2026.
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