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Cost of ER visits in Nevada rising quickly, report says

From 2009 through 2016, the average price per private insurance claim rose 147 percent to $1,281, trailing only the costliest state of California, according to date compiled by the nonpartisan Health Care Cost Institute.

Police highlight mental health crisis within Clark County jail

As part of the national Stepping Up Initiative, Metropolitan Police Department officials are exploring new approaches to get low-level offenders into treatment instead of keeping them locked up.

Proposal would ease penalties under new Nevada opioid law

Instead of the strict rules contained in draft regulations made public in January, the consequences for violations of the law would be left to the state medical board’s discretion, based on a prescriber’s “good faith attempts at compliance.”

Clark County demands answers from WestCare in funding dispute

Clark County commissioners appeared frustrated Tuesday when representatives of WestCare, a national nonprofit addiction treatment group threatening to close its Las Vegas clinic, couldn’t answer questions about funding and care.