Author: Scott Welch

The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury jointly released additional frequently asked questions (“FAQs”) regarding implementation of the health coverage provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”);

HHS on Friday announced plans to send an additional $3 billion in provider COVID-19 relief grants to safety-net hospitals that were left out of a prior funding tranche, and will give $1 billion to an assortment of rural and smaller hospitals.

CMS Administrator Seema Verma: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services needs help from Congress to make temporary flexibilities permanent.

High Deductible Health Plans (HDHP) are causing some individuals to avoid seeking medical treatment because they cannot afford the out-of-pocket expenses, some experts suggest. The implication of this position is employers should only offer higher premium, traditional PPO style plans.

Nevada lawmakers have started cleaning up a ten-figure budget mess caused by the coronavirus, opening a special legislative session on Wednesday that will see hundreds of millions of dollars slashed from the state’s $4.4 billion annual spending plan.

With COVID-19 cases increasing across the Las Vegas Valley, many people wonder what the protocol is if a staff member at a business or office were to test positive for the virus.

Nevada business received more than $4 billion in loans under a federal rescue package designed to aid small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a wakeup call for employees, and we can expect to see that reflected come open enrollment.

The first coronavirus antibody study conducted in Nevada suggests COVID-19 test results dramatically underestimate the number of people who actually have been infected by the disease, health officials said Wednesday.

Nevada on Saturday reported a record daily increase of additional confirmed COVID-19 cases. But health officials later said the bulge largely resulted from laboratory data entry errors that delayed the posting of hundreds of cases from two previous days.