For three years, advocacy groups and labor regulators have been discussing ways to protect workers from extreme heat. Now that a recent push to provide statutory rules failed in the Legislature, what happens next?

Under Gov. Joe Lombardo’s proposal, the most significant portion of funding, nearly 44 percent of the state budget, is allocated to the Department of Health and Human Services.

State officials are establishing a statewide Medicaid managed care organization program for all geographic regions in the state. The Indy breaks down what that means.

A bill initially designed to expand Medicaid to undocumented people in Nevada is being scaled back further, but advocates are still asking lawmakers to move forward with the bill.

The corporation behind the construction of the UNLV medical education building has big plans for expansion — and is now pinning its hopes on new legislation that would circumvent the state’s drawn-out process for getting government building projects off the ground.

As the national COVID-19 public health emergency came to an end on Thursday, Southern Nevada health officials reminded the public during a press conference that it does not mean the spread of COVID is over.

Under a little-noticed bill that would allow private hospitals to implement an existing “provider tax,” state health officials are hoping to leverage up to $30 million in new state funds to address a lack of youth behavioral health resources.

Experts say expanding the number of medical residency training programs in rural areas is key to filling gaps in care because many doctors ... settle within 100 miles of where they train.

Vice President Kamala Harris visited UNR Tuesday afternoon to talk to young people about abortion rights as the drug mifepristone’s FDA approval was brought into question with the first major abortion case after the federal overturning of Roe v. Wade. 

Health care providers, including a group called Your Nevada Doctors, have sought to preempt the proposal through an advertising campaign and website arguing that lifting the cap would drive up liability insurance costs and cause doctors to leave the state.

Nevada lawmakers are considering a bill that would prohibit any government limitations or requirements that may block patients’ access to birth control and reproductive health services.

Less than a month after Gov. Joe Lombardo’s office sent a letter to the Patient Protection Commission telling members not to advance two of its three proposed bills, lawmakers gave each bill a hearing Wednesday.

State Sen. Fabian Doñate (D-Las Vegas) presented his highly anticipated bill looking to expand Medicaid to Nevada’s undocumented population Tuesday afternoon in a hearing that lasted nearly four hours. 

A new law makes it easier for rural communities to pay for new mobile clinics. In the past, clinics that serve low-income rural residents couldn’t spend federal grants on mobile services where they didn’t already have facilities.

Though the 2024 midterms remain more than 600 days away, early Republican campaign attacks against Rosen are centering around a proposed new rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for Medicare Advantage, the capitated Medicare Part C program created in the 1990s that pays private insurers to cover seniors’ health care benefits. 

Major political donors in the health care and pharmaceutical industries pumped more than $1.3 million into legislative campaigns in the 2022 election cycle, ahead of a 2023 legislative session likely to be rife with fierce debate over health care issues. 

State Sen. Fabian Doñate (D-Las Vegas) announced more details on Thursday about his plan to expand Medicaid coverage to all Nevadans regardless of citizenship status.

“There’s just no comparing the scale of SNAP to the charitable food sector,” said Andrew Cheyne, who works at a nonprofit focused on reducing childhood hunger. “It’s simply not possible to make up that difference.”

New polling on Nevada’s politically tinged public health care option law indicates 70 percent of voters are unfamiliar with the law establishing a state-managed public health insurance option.

Before COVID-19 swept through Nevada, wreaking havoc on hospitals and the health care system, the state was facing a critical shortage of nurses. Since the pandemic took hold, the shortage has reached dire levels.