Rio Rancho Profile

Quality of Life

Health Services and Healthcare

Presbyterian (2010)	UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center (2010)

NEW!! In 2008, Presbyterian Healthcare Services and University of New Mexico Health Services Center each announced their plans to erect hospitals in Rio Rancho. With both healthcare providers projecting 2010 opening dates at different sites, construction times will be neck and neck as providers vie for the title of being Rio Rancho’s first full-service hospital.

In a media briefing on May 5, Presbyterian Healthcare Services announced it would construct a $200 million, 120 bed hospital on 66 acres on the northeast corners of Unser and Westside Boulevards. Upon completion of phase one, the Presbyterian hospital will encompass 340,000 square feet and a four story medical office building will encompass 133,000 square feet.

Touted as New Mexico’s first 21st century hospital, the Rio Rancho facility will include: a full-service emergency department complete with a helicopter pad; a state-of-the-art women’s center, labor and delivery and NICU; intensive care; operating rooms; and a catheterization lab. The Presbyterian hospital is expected to create more than 600 jobs.

The University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center (UNM SRMC) also announced in May that it will build a hospital on the Rio Rancho university campus set to open in 2010.

The 280,000 square foot UNM mmedical center will be for-profit and will open with 75 private rooms with the capacity to expand to 150. Full build-out will consist of 300+ beds. The medical center is expected to and bring about $158 million into the local economy every year through service-related spending.

UNM SRMC will consist of level 3 or 4 trauma center, urgent care, general medical services/surgical services, OB-GYN, advanced imaging, nuclear medicine, stress testing, EKG, EEG, EMG, and Cardiac Cath. The medical center expects to create 1,632 direct and indirect jobs over the next ten years, with additional gross receipts of $1.5 billion in the same time period. Officials estimate the hospital will further boost the local economy by paying about $800,000 per year in property and local taxes.

Existing Health Services

Rio Rancho offers a variety of healthcare services to serve its growing population. The closest full service hospital is currently located just south of Rio Rancho in Albuquerque.  In the last quarter of 2006, Presbyterian Healthcare announced plans to build a $150 million, full service hospital in Rio Rancho located in Cabezon Communities. Among the medical services currently available in Rio Rancho are the following:

Presbyterian Urgent Care in Rio Rancho

Provides Urgent Care, Ear, Nose and Throat, OB/GYN, and Radiology services, including CT, MRI, Ultrasound, and Mammography.  The facility has a new emergency room as well that includes 13 exam rooms, two crisis rooms and four overnight rooms. The ER is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

4100 High Resort Blvd. SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124

(505) 462-8888

Hours:  8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. M-F
            8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sat. and Sun.

Lovelace Westside Hospital

The premiere, full-service hospital serving Rio Rancho and Albuquerque's Westside, Lovelace Westside Hospital provides 24-hour emergency care, fully equipped and expertly staffed operating rooms, and a brand new medical pavilion with a multitude of outstanding medical specialties and services.

10501 Golf Course Rd. NW, Albuquerque NM 87114

(505) 727-8000

Hours: 24 hours a day

Presbyterian Healthcare

4005 High Resort Boulevard, Rio Rancho, New Mexico, 87124.

Provides Pediatric, Internal Medicine, Family Practice, Cardiology, Coumadin, Laboratory, Podiatry, and some Radiology services.

Presbyterian Gastroenterology Clinic

3715 Southern Boulevard, Rio Rancho, New Mexico, 87124.  This facility will soon feature a new Gastroenterology Laboratory.

Lovelace Sandia Health System

3801 Southern Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM - (505) 896-8646

Retirement and assisted living facilities are available in Rio Rancho at the following locations:

Acantilado Vista Independent Living and Retirement Community

920 Riverview Drive, Rio Rancho, New Mexico, 87124.

Offers seniors independence, community and convenience in their own private apartments. In-house activities and restaurant style meals are provided.

Rio Rancho Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

4210 Sabana Grande Avenue, Rio Rancho, New Mexico, 87124.

Offers a 120 bed, Medicare-certified facility with speech, respiratory, physical, and occupational therapy. It provides 24 hour nursing care, accommodates special diets and has an extensive activities program.

Sandia Springs Senior Living Community

1000 River View Drive, Rio Rancho, New Mexico, 87124.