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.
More than 10,000 people have enrolled in Nevada’s new public option health plans, which debuted last fall with the expectation that they would bring lower prices to the health insurance market. Those preliminary numbers from the open enrollment period that ended in January are less than a third of what state officials had projected. Nevada ...
Several health agencies have asked a state board to formally reject the Trump administration’s guidance, which made more shots optional for schoolchildren.
More than 10,000 people have enrolled in Nevada’s new public-option health plans, which debuted last fall with the expectation that they would bring lower prices to the health insurance market. Those preliminary numbers from the open enrollment period that ended in January are less than a third of what state officials had projected. Nevada is ...
A state lawmaker described the findings as “alarming” and a “disturbing realization” of how mental health care can be treated as second-tier to physical care.
Nevada workers enrolled in the state’s health insurance program could see significant plan changes starting in July as the system faces a dire financial situation that officials say is the result of holding off too long on raising premiums. The Public Employees’ Benefit Program (PEBP) — the insurance provider for more than 70,000 Nevada state ...
Kaiser Permanente and Renown Health have wrapped the paperwork on a deal forming an insurance and outpatient care joint venture in northern Nevada. The arrangement announced last September (see below) represents an entry into the geographic market for Kaiser, the country’s largest nonprofit health system. It brings Hometown Health—an existing health plan run by Renown ...
Nevada’s overdose deaths are climbing even as fatalities fall dramatically across the rest of the country, and a new hospital in Henderson is betting it can help reverse that trend by treating addiction and serious medical conditions under the same roof. Las Vegas Recovery Hospital, a 68-bed, 32,000-square-foot facility on the Dignity Health St. Rose ...
Brushing and flossing are not the only factors that can impact your dental health: where you live can have an effect, too. WalletHub found that some areas of the United States have a higher density of dental professionals, and some states provide fluoridated water to nearly all of their residents, while other states fall behind. ...
About 20% of Nevadans who actively selected a health plan through the state’s marketplace, Nevada Health Link, picked a new public option, Nevada Health Authority Director Stacie Weeks told lawmakers Jan. 6. In 2025, Nevada secured federal approval for its Battle Born State Plans, which have premium reduction targets. Nevada Health Link is offering these plans for the first time. ...
Nevada was awarded nearly $180 million in federal money this week to help modernize the state’s rural health care system and bolster access to it, according to the Trump administration and state officials. “Today’s announcement highlights the Trump administration’s commitment to strengthening the rural health workforce, modernizing facilities and technology, and deploying innovative care models ...