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.
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 ...
A key proposal from Gov. Joe Lombardo to streamline Nevada’s Health and Human services programs launched Tuesday, state officials announced. The Nevada Health Authority launched this week. Lombardo, a first-term Republican governor, first proposed to split the state’s Department of Health and Human Services in two during his State of the State address in January. ...
Senate committees have released their portions of a Republican megabill that could have major implications for Nevada, offering tweaks that are somewhat more favorable to the state on issues but harsher on Medicaid and no tax on tips.
Healthcare exchanges in Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island shared users’ sensitive health data with companies like Google and LinkedIn.
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo on June 12 vetoed a bill that would have established minimum staffing ratios for certain hospitals in the state. Four notes: 1. The bill, introduced Feb. 3, applied to hospitals with more than 70 licensed beds located in counties with a population of at least 100,000 people. It would have required such hospitals to meet ...