New work requirements and other provisions will lead to a projected $60 million cost to state over next five years — much lower than earlier estimates.

Delays in getting insurance approvals are a familiar headache for patients and doctors. But building enough consensus to fix the process in Nevada proved difficult.

The governor’s bill, set to be introduced less than a month before the end of session, also bans noncompete clauses for health care providers.

Over the next two years, Nevada Medicaid expects there to be a 15 percent reduction in Medicaid caseloads from mixed-status families because of “increased federal scrutiny.” Lawfully present immigrants — including asylum seekers and green card holders — have been allowed to enroll in Medicaid since the ‘90s.

The wide-ranging conversation touched on the bureaucracy of the health care system, the causes of high health care costs, the state’s provider shortage and possible Medicaid cuts at the federal level.

In today's edition, Gov. Joe Lombardo will only sign legislation that “protects school choice and expands opportunity," an effort to punish death threats on the campaign trail and new measure seeks to address high teacher vacancy rates.

This week’s Behind the Bar explores a service freeze affecting people with disabilities and an improvement in the unemployment appeals backlog.

Hoping to comply with federal law, the state committed more than $200 million to overhaul a children’s behavioral health system that ranked last in the nation.

The Republican governor also pledged to split the Department of Health and Human Services and increase education accountability measures, as he kicks off the final legislative session before his 2026 re-election bid.

The state’s health and human services director says the new program will help the state come into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Nevada would be the sole state to fund the reinsurance program with only federal funding. Most states use a combination of state and federal funds.

During a legislative update meeting Monday hosted by the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy, state officials said that part of the funding solution will arrive in the form of a newly implemented provider tax on private hospitals.

Roughly 200,000 Nevadans’ health care coverage is likely to be affected by the March 31 end of a pandemic-era federal policy requiring states to keep Medicaid recipients continuously enrolled.

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.

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.