The Nevada Health Authority is opening applications for grants under the Statewide Health Care Access and Recruitment Program (SHARP), a new funding initiative designed to address Nevada’s doctor shortage. Totaling up to $57.9 million, these grants will expand the health care workforce, strengthen clinical capacity, and improve patient access in certified areas of need. “SHARP ...
GLP-1 drugs could lead to cost savings for workers and their employers by reducing employee sick leave, a new economic study finds. Researchers found that patients who used the drugs, sold under brand names including Ozempic and Wegovy, took 17% less long-term sick leave than people who didn’t use the medications. The study defines long-term sick leave ...
Generic drug maker Glenmark has agreed to a settlement with states worth $29.6 million, according to a Wednesday announcement from the Nevada Attorney General. The settlement will be split among 47 states, and a $13 million consumer restitution fund will be created. A news release indicated impacted Nevada agencies will get about $41,000. Glenmark’s settlement ...
Attorney General Aaron Ford, criticized by Gov. Joe Lombardo and one of the governor’s legislative allies for acting on only 40% of Medicaid fraud referrals sent to his office, is taking on twice the share of cases as the average of all states, according to federal data. First-term Republican Assemblyman Blayne Osborn wrote the Nevada ...
Employers are bracing for what could be the highest rise in health insurance premiums in 16 years in 2027, driving up the average cost of family coverage in California to more than $30,000 — the price of a new compact car. Health insurance companies expect the cost of medical services and prescription drugs to soar ...
The fate of the state’s $2 billion plan to maintain health insurance for low-income and disabled Californians is now in the hands of Mehmet Oz, the celebrity doctor and Republican administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. State Republicans appealed directly to Oz in a letter on Monday, asking him to reject Gov. ...