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IASIS Healthcare announces sale of North Las Vegas Hospital

IASIS Healthcare LLC on Tuesday announced the signing of an agreement for the sale of its North Vista Hospital, a 177-bed, acute-care hospital in North Las Vegas to Prime Healthcare Services.

Nevada to release health plans and premium costs

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State abandons search for new health exchange company

There’ll be no more private vendors for Nevada Health Link. The board of the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange voted Thursday to end its search for a company to replace Xerox, which lost its contract following the health link’s glitch-ridden rollout.

Nevadans using special enrollment period for health insurance

The board of the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange received fresh statistics on new members that have signed up so far in a 60-day special enrollment session that began April 1.

 
California company recalls packaged salads, sandwiches

More than 90 tons of ready-to-eat salads and sandwiches by a California catering company are being recalled after 26 people in three states were sickened by a bacterial strain of E. coli linked to its products, federal health officials said Sunday.

Patients could suffer as Cigna, UMC battle

The April 1 letter to tens of thousands of Southern Nevadans covered by Cigna health insurance did not contain good news: “Please be aware that effective April 30, 2013, University Medical Center … will no longer be a participating hospital in our network.”