Dive Brief: * Telehealth use continued ticking up at the end of 2021 amid a surge in COVID-19 cases fueled by the omicron variant, according to new data from Fair Health. * Telehealth claims measured as a percentage of all medical claims grew more than 11% from November to December, the nonprofit found. Telehealth increased from 4.4% ...

Nevada is moving ahead with joining a multi-state consortium for prescription drug purchasing that could help Nevadans save on generic and brand name drugs.

The Southern Nevada Health District is looking into a data discrepancy that shows Clark County in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “high” transmission tier, a health official said Wednesday.

Compensation transparency will have a bigger impact on health insurance brokers over the next few years than the Affordable Care Act did, an insurance industry veteran told members of the National Association of Health Underwriters.

Preserving the employer tax exclusion topped the list of the National Association of Health Underwriters’ legislative priorities as its members visit Congress during today’s NAHU Capital Conference.

Clark County is still within the federal definition for “high” COVID-19 transmission, but disease activity continues to rapidly decline. As of Saturday, Clark County’s seven-day average of daily new cases was 293. On Jan. 30, it was 1,366. Average test positivity was 12.3% on Saturday compared to 24.9% on Jan. 30. The Southern Nevada Health ...