Nevada Watch
Featured news in this section focuses on Nevada, the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange (Nevada Health Link), the Nevada Division of Insurance (in the Department of Business and Industry), and actions by the state legislature affecting insurance brokers and clients.
A jury awarded Saint Mary’s $510 million after United Health Services was found liable for fraud against the longtime Reno healthcare network.
A study from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reveals Nevada has the third-worst record among the states for failing to report nursing home falls that result in a major injury and require hospitalization. Falls are the leading cause of death for Americans 65 years of age and older, and are responsible for ...
As the Trump administration narrows its recommendations on who should be vaccinated for COVID, a seemingly mundane provision within state law threw access to the vaccine in Nevada into question. But newly released guidance of the law and regulations issued by the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy on Friday and obtained by The Nevada Independent aims to clear ...
Air conditioning is a life-saving tool in southern Nevada, but more and more people are finding it difficult to afford. Jacqueline Banderas, a mother of five, said there are times she’s received electricity bills of more than $1,000 to cool her home at the height of summer. “Once, they even cut my power because I ...
The Nevada Division of Insurance website and several other state agency systems were taken offline after a ransomware incident was identified on Aug. 24. The Office of Emergency Management (OEM) reported that teams isolated and shut down certain systems to contain the threat, and restoration efforts are ongoing in phases to ensure security. The OEM stated ...
Two pieces of legislation passed in this year’s Nevada legislative session are meant to directly benefit the health of Nevada’s 28 tribal nations. Governor Joe Lombardo broke his own record at the end of this legislative session, vetoing 87 bills. But two Indigenous healthcare bills did get Lombardo’s stamp of approval. Senate Bills 97 and ...
Nevadans who get medical insurance through Nevada Health Link may see their premiums rise dramatically next calendar year, new data released by the state suggests. Nevada Health Link, formally known as the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange, is the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace. The Nevada Division of Insurance on Thursday announced that carriers offering ...
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford and Democratic officials in 20 other states filed a lawsuit challenging a new federal health insurance rule that tightens restrictions for enrolling in marketplace plans through the Affordable Care Act and bans coverage requirements for gender-affirming care. The officials argue that the new rule could strip coverage from millions of ...
Delays in getting insurance approvals are a familiar headache for patients and doctors. But getting enough consensus to fix the process in Nevada was difficult.
Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is warning Nevadans that President Donald Trump’s spending and tax cut bill will ripple through every aspect of the state’s health care system, going far beyond those who directly rely on Medicaid. Hospitals are already assessing whether they may need to cut staff or reduce services, said Cortez Masto during ...