About NM MOST

NM MOST stands for New Mexico Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment.  NM MOST is an approach to advance care planning that helps patients get the medical treatments they want and avoid the medical treatments they do not want when they are seriously ill or frail.  

The NM MOST form is a bright green document that is completed by a healthcare provider after a conversation with a patient about their healthcare wishes.  Once signed by an authorized healthcare provider and the patient (or the patient’s legal healthcare decision maker, as appropriate), the NM MOST becomes a portable and actionable medical order that emergency personnel and other healthcare providers can follow when the patient is unable to express their wishes on their own.

The NM MOST process is not right for everyone.  It is designed for those individuals who are seriously ill or frail.  It is not a required document.

NM MOST is part of National POLST (POLST.org).