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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. 

Wildfire Smoke Leads To Worst Air Quality On Record In Nevada Counties

Wildfires continuing to spread across California have pushed smoke across to neighboring states, with several Nevada counties reporting their worst air quality index (AQI) levels on record this week.

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Nevada Groups May Be Eligible For Small Business Tax Credit

An often-overlooked feature of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit available to employers with fewer than 25 full-time equivalent employees that provide health coverage to those workers.

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Las Vegas Raiders Will Require All Fans To Get Vaccinated If They Want To Attend 2021 Games

The Las Vegas Raiders became pro football's first team to require fans to be vaccinated to attend home games this season, the club announced Monday night. Starting with Las Vegas' regular-season opener, a Sept. 13 Monday night contest against the Baltimore Ravens, fans entering Allegiant Stadium will need to show proof of full Covid-19 vaccination through the Clear app.

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Sheriff: New Vegas Police Hires Have To Get COVID-19 Vaccine

New Las Vegas police employees are being required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo told a newspaper.

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Alignment Healthcare Enters Into Agreement With CareMore Health, Adding More Than 3,000 Providers To Its 2022 Provider Network In Arizona...

Medicare Advantage company Alignment Healthcare (NASDAQ: ALHC) today announced the addition of CareMore Health to its provider network in Arizona and Nevada starting Jan. 1, 2022, pending regulatory approvals. This agreement provides new and existing Alignment Health Plan members access to 3,350 CareMore providers, expanding Alignment’s care options for seniors during Medicare’s annual enrollment period for 2022, ...

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Nevada Orders Indoor Mask Mandate In High-Transmission Areas

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak imposed a new mandate Tuesday that requires everyone, vaccinated or not, to wear masks indoors in public places in counties with high rates of COVID-19 transmission, including Clark County.

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Aetna, CVS Health To Enter The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Individual Insurance Exchange Marketplace In Nevada For January 1, 2022

Aetna and CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) will enter the individual insurance exchange market in Nevada (specifically in select counties in the Las Vegas and Reno markets) with their first Aetna CVS Health hybrid-branded insurance product, providing access to health care for more Nevadans.

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2022 Proposed Health Insurance Rates Released Prior To Open Enrollment

Nevada consumers shopping for health insurance compliant with the Affordable Care Act can get their first look at the proposed rate changes for 2022 and give the state some feedback.

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Nevada Sees Biggest 1-Day Increase In COVID-19 Deaths Since Feb. 20

Nevada on Wednesday reported 931 new coronavirus cases and 28 deaths over the preceding day — the latter a concerning number that reflected two days of delayed reporting.

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Nevada OSHA Relaxes Workplace Sanitation Measures in Updated Guidance

As Covid-19 cases remain low in southern Nevada, state safety and health officials are giving businesses the green light to relax sanitation measures in the workplace.

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