Nevada ranks last in the country in overall mental health, according to a 2022 report released by UNLV that looks at the prevalence of mental health issues and access to care, among others. The state has faced long-standing issues of provider shortages for years, said John Packham, associate dean for the University of Nevada Reno’s School of ...

In an ongoing battle to implement a public health care option in Nevada, an organization allied with the insurance and health care industries released a report Monday arguing the public option would exacerbate the state’s provider shortage and reduce access to care.

Nevada plans to resume disenrollment for procedural causes in January for people who received requalification packets in November, said Kristle Muessle, the public information officer for the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services (DWSS) at the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services.

State Medicaid officials are predicting steep enrollment declines and rising state spending on the safety net insurance program as pandemic-era policies expire.

Lack of available residency positions, lower wages and doctor burnout has led to physician shortage

The Biden administration’s first major step toward imposing limits on the pharmacy benefit managers who act as the drug industry’s price negotiators is backfiring, pharmacists say. Instead, it’s adding to the woes of the independent drugstores it was partly designed to help. The so-called PBMs have long clawed back a fee from pharmacies weeks or ...