Month: December 2023
Hospitals and emergency rooms in California and across the nation may have to ration care by the end of the month, federal health authorities warned this week. Officials are particularly worried about an insufficient number of beds for children in pediatric hospitals and wards throughout the country as respiratory illnesses hit especially hard among Americans ...
A new actuarial study commissioned by an anti-public option organization says the Silver State’s public health insurance option law could exacerbate Nevada’s existing health care provider shortage and reduce access to care.
Nevada’s Open Enrollment Period began on November 1 and 14,570 Nevadans have already taken action to actively shop and enroll in plans in the first month.
Most insurer markets are highly concentrated, including many regions where a single payer dominates at least half of the market share, according to a new analysis from the American Medical Association. The AMA released an updated look at concentration in payer markets and found that across product lines, 73% of metropolitan statistical areas were highly concentrated in ...
The Nevada Division of Welfare and Supportive Services (DWSS) encourages people to update their address and complete the Medicaid renewal packet for their eligibility to be reviewed. Denials for procedural causes, like incomplete paperwork and incorrect address information, will start on Jan. 1, 2024, for renewal packets mailed in November. Only the individuals who received the ...
About 55,000 children in Nevada were without health insurance in 2022, according to Census Bureau data. Nevada tied with Arizona, Alaska and Wyoming as states with the second-highest percent of children without health insurance, at 8%. Only Texas, at 11%, had a higher percentage of uninsured children, according to recently updated data from the Annie E. Casey ...
Prime Healthcare Services, a U.S. health system with 44 hospitals and more than 300 outpatient facilities in 14 states, has filed a lawsuit that claims Nevada-based Renown Health is attempting to create a monopoly on cardiovascular care. KTVN 2 News in Reno, Nevada, reported on the lawsuit on Dec. 11. Prime Healthcare filed the lawsuit after Renown ...
Healthcare spending in the United States rose 4.1% in 2022 to $4.5 trillion, federal data showed on Wednesday, a rate that officials said indicated a return to pre-pandemic patterns after two years of volatility. The growth was driven by spending on Medicaid and private health insurance, with the insured share of the population surging to ...
The Biden administration plans to push states to boost oversight of the number of doctors, hospitals, and other health providers insurers cover in Obamacare plans, under rules proposed in November. The annual regulatory proposal, known as the payment parameters rule, also seeks to expand access to adult dental coverage in Affordable Care Act marketplaces and ...
The sudden collapse of SmileDirectClub has stranded users of its clear-plastic, removable teeth aligners — in some cases just weeks after they were given a discount for paying up front. Why it matters: Customers experiencing problems with their treatment will not be able to get new aligners, treatment, or other support from the company. Catch up fast: SDC filed for ...