The state’s health insurance exchange on Wednesday put off a decision on a fix for its struggling Nevada Health Link website even as state officials urged a fast decision.
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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.
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.
A Las Vegas attorney who is suing the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange has made public documents that could shed light on some of the exchange’s website troubles.
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 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.
Nevada Health Link’s open enrollment ended March 31, but the stream of questions into our email inbox continues unabated.
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.
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.
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.