Nevada Hospital Wins Half-Billion Fraud Verdict Against Universal Health Services

A jury awarded Saint Mary’s $510 million after United Health Services was found liable for fraud against the longtime Reno healthcare network.

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Nevada Has 3rd Worst Record In U.S. For Reporting Nursing Home Falls

A study from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reveals Nevada has the third-worst record among the states for failing to report nursing home falls that result in a major injury and require hospitalization. Falls are the leading cause of death for Americans 65 years of age and older, and are responsible for ...

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No Funding Deal In Sight Following High-Stakes White House Negotiations, Party Leaders Say

President Donald Trump and congressional leaders from both parties exited a high-stakes negotiation meeting Monday afternoon with little optimism a deal could be struck before the end of the month to avoid a government shutdown. “I think we’re heading to a shutdown because the Democrats won’t do the right thing,” Vice President J.D. Vance told ...

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Trump Announces Deal With Pfizer To Lower Drug Prices

President Trump on Tuesday announced that Pfizer had agreed to sell its products in the U.S. at “Most Favored Nation” pricing, one day after the administration required companies to respond to his prescription drug pricing executive order. Drugmakers were given until Sept. 29 to respond to Trump’s “Most Favored Nation” Executive Order that required companies ...

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What To Know About Trump’s New Pharmaceutical Tariff Plan

In announcing that branded or patented drugs would be hit with 100 percent tariffs on Oct. 1, Trump also said drugmakers could escape the penalties if they have a U.S.-based pharmaceutical manufacturing plant for which ground has been broken, or is currently under construction.

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How California Families Are Already Bracing For Looming Medicaid Cuts

a host of federally funded healthcare and nutrition programs that serve low-income Americans will be scaled back, revamped with expanded work requirements and other restrictions or canceled altogether if individual states can’t find alternate funding sources.

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