Two of the most powerful lobbies in the country are turning on a third in the hopes of deflecting Washington’s wrath and securing bigger shares of the $5 trillion Americans spend on health care each year. Drugmakers and insurers are aiming to take advantage of lawmakers’ worries about affordability to convince them it’s the hospitals ...
Physicians remain skeptical that health insurers’ pledges to ease prior authorization hassles will result in any meaningful action, an American Medical Association (AMA) survey found. In June 2025, a group of about 60 insurers said that they would standardize electronic prior authorization by the end of 2026 to help speed up the process. They also said they would reduce ...
Sleep is the ultimate self-care act. It lets your mind and body relax, heal, and recharge. Most adults need 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night for good health.1 But what happens when you don’t get enough and hit that midday slump? Enter the nap. Are naps healthy? It depends. Naps probably aren’t a good ...
Gov. Joe Lombardo on Thursday applauded the creation of a new federal task force to combat Medicaid provider fraud and talked about steps being taken at the state level. Lombardo outlined the state’s efforts to fight fraud, waste, and abuse, including the creation of the Nevada’s first Medicaid Inspector General within the Nevada Health Authority. ...
Nevada hospitals received a mix of A, B and C grades in the latest Hospital Safety Grade report from The Leapfrog Group, with Reno-area facilities generally scoring well while Southern Nevada hospitals posted a broader range of results. The biannual report evaluates hospitals on preventable harm, including medical errors, injuries and infections, using national safety data and up ...
Nevada now has multiple medical schools training future physicians — but that alone doesn’t solve the workforce problem. So why do we still have a physician shortage? It’s a fair question, and it reflects a common misunderstanding about how doctors are actually trained. Medical school is not the pipeline. Residency is. After graduating from medical ...