An adult living in Southern Nevada imported the area’s first measles case since 2015, the Southern Nevada Health District said in an emailed statement Thursday.
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DaVita, in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing last week, indicated that while Optum will continue with its planned purchase of DaVita, it will carve out the Nevada clinics, helping reduce the price of its purchase to $4.34 billion.
The number of Nevadans signing up for a health insurance plan through the state-based marketplace declined by 8 percent this year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported Wednesday.
There are five days left to sign up for a plan on the state of Nevada’s Affordable Care Act exchange, but so far, the health insurance option isn’t as popular among consumers as it was last year.
After hitting all-time low of 4.7 percent in 2016, the rate of uninsured children nationwide ticked back up for the first time in a decade in 2017 to 5 percent, a report by Georgetown University shows. Nevada’s rate climbed to 8 percent.
Purchases of policies on the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces are down nationwide and in Nevada through the first four weeks of open-enrollment, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported Wednesday.
Nevada Health Link staff members are fielding calls from Obamacare health plan consumers who worry that accepting subsidies on their otherwise expensive plans could affect their chances to obtain citizenship.
Nevada Medicaid officials are putting a temporary stop on the enrollment of some mental health providers while new certification requirements are considered.
The number of Nevada hospitals adhering to best practices on patient safety jumped in a new report from an independent, nonprofit health care organization.
Experts say many calls may be taking advantage of consumer confusion over health insurance to market plans that don’t offer comprehensive coverage. Or they could be outright scams.
The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange ads will show young adults having accidents — like walking into a fountain while staring at a cell phone — and grappling with the financial consequences of being without insurance.
Amanda Cook dreamed of being a mom of four until Mesa View Regional Hospital closed its labor and deliveryunit last week.
The expansion of Medicaid in Nevada in 2014 made mental health care much more widely available in a state ranked last in the nation for access to such services. It also provided a great opportunity for bad actors.
Two people in Nevada are among the 57 in 16 states to fall ill from a salmonella outbreak caused by contaminated beef, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Access to care remains a big problem for Nevada’s residents, but the state is making gains in childhood vaccination and some other areas, according to a new report released by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
