Nevada physicians say a plan to reduce Medicaid hospital payments for inpatient services by 14% will lead more hospitals to eliminate services for beneficiaries, the AP/Las Vegas Sun reports. The cuts would be on top of 5% “across the board” inpatient care reductions announced earlier this year by the state Department of Health and Human [...]
Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons (R) and Mexican officials on Monday discussed creating a kind of health insurance program in Nevada that would allow Mexican immigrants to receive health care in the state that is paid for by the Mexican government, the Reno Gazette-Journal reports. Mexican officials, including Mexican Secretary of Health Jose Calderon, and [...]
Nevada State Children’s Health Insurance Program
Enrollment in Nevada Checkup, the state’s version of SCHIP, increased by 9% over the past year to 30,204 children, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. According to the Review-Journal, increasing enrollment in the program %26quot;is a priority%26quot; because the state Department of Health and Human Services %26quot;has been scrutinized for not [...]