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Presbyterian Medical Services reports rising use, yearlong treatment outcomes at Tota sobering center and Joint Intervention Program
Summary
Presbyterian Medical Services’ Tota campus in Farmington reported a surge in sobering center admissions in 2024 and described outcomes from its yearlong Joint Intervention Program, including reduced emergency and detention use for program participants and pilot operational changes to meet demand.
Presbyterian Medical Services (PMS) officials told the San Juan County Commission on Feb. 4 that demand for services at the Tota campus sobering center and the adjacent Joint Intervention Program (JIP) rose sharply in 2024 and that program leaders are testing operational changes to serve more people.
The presentation, led by Jill Adair, northwest region director for PMS, and Christine Rito, regional behavioral health clinical administrator, said the sobering center — open 24 hours a day and founded in March 2016 — handled 12,271 admissions in 2024, up from 9,472 in 2023. Staff reported 1,155 unduplicated individuals served in 2024 with an average daily census of about 37.
County officials said the figures matter because the center is a voluntary medical-management alternative to emergency-room visits, law-enforcement transports and detention. “We plug them in with primary care so they’re not always going to the ER,” Esteban Rodriguez, JIP administrator, told commissioners, describing the program’s approach to reduce repeated use of costly…
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