The New Mexico attorney general's office is investigating Gallup-based Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services, NBC affiliate KOB reported Jan. 19.
A representative from the office told the news outlet that the investigation can be triggered by "any number of factors, including failure to comply with registration requirements."
The health system was recently fined $100 because it failed to register as a charitable organization during the 2021 tax year, according to the report. The system has failed to register as a charitable organization seven times since 2009.
The system's CEO, Robert Whitaker, attributed the failure to register to turnover in the system's finance department, according to the report. Its charitable status was restored in December. Mr. Whitaker said the issue "in no way affects the care" the system provides its patients.
The New Mexico Medical Society also recently placed Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health on a one-year probation after the system failed to pass on nearly $1 million in grant funding to continuing medical education programs, according to the report.
That probation limits the type of funding the system can use to support the continuing medical education-accredited activities they offer and also requires the system to send monthly financial statements to ensure it is paying back what is owed.
Mr. Whitaker confirmed the probation to KOB and said RMCHCS is working closely with New Mexico Medical Society.