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Consultant details major flaws in state health insurance exchange rollout

The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange board today will get a detailed consultant’s report on problems with its troubled Nevada Health Link website and consider fixes that could include firing the firm that built it.

Broker beats state’s insurance exchange the old-fashioned way — he outsmarts it

Brent Leavitt, an insurance broker with Nevada Benefits in Las Vegas, has signed up more enrollees through the state exchange than any other agent. With 305 enrollees through March 31, Leavitt had nearly 0.7 percent of the exchange’s 42,000 plan selections all to himself — not bad when you realize 1,500 other brokers registered to sell exchange policies.

Audit of health insurance exchange contractor nets mostly failing grades; penalties urged

An audit of the state’s health insurance exchange contractor gave mostly failing grades. The report, given Thursday to the board of the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange, also recommended penalties against contractor Xerox for its poor performance in building Nevada Health Link.

Firefly to close Henderson location

Firefly Tapas Kitchen & Bar owners John and Tabitha Simmons announced Tuesday that they’re closing their Henderson location at 11261 S. Eastern Ave. The Henderson restaurant was recently issued 38 demerits, and a C grade, following a March 31 inspection by the Southern Nevada Health District.

Sign-up deadline passes; vexation doesn’t

Nevada Health Link’s open enrollment ended March 31, but the stream of questions into our email inbox continues unabated.

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.

Obamacare’s winners and losers in the Silver State

The first open-enrollment session under the Affordable Care Act closed on March 31, so we’re taking a timeout to evaluate the law’s early progress in Nevada.

Nevada Health Link shows 41,823 people have chosen health plan

Final numbers from the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange show a flurry of private plan selections in the last days of open enrollment. The exchange’s Nevada Health Link reported that 41,823 Nevadans had chosen a qualified health plan as of Tuesday.