Nevada news and information

It's possible Nevada families won't see a doctor when they visit a clinic if a bill in the Legislature passes into law. Instead, a nurse practitioner may be running the show. The bill would remove the requirement that nurse practitioners must work under the supervision of a doctor.
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In a unanimous, decision the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed hospitals' and health systems' hopes of recouping millions in Medicare underpayments made between 1987 and 1994.
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Whether millions of Americans get the coverage envisioned in the healthcare reform law will come down to this: whether governors can stomach leaving federal money on the table. Even some of the law's fiercest critics now say they won't.
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The collision of old-world antitrust enforcement and new ideas like accountable care, bundled payments, value-based purchasing and patient-centered medical homes has ratcheted up the uncertainty over healthcare deals.
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Doctors hired by Nevada's prison system may have been paid $1.9 million for hours they didn't work, an audit found.
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Ten cardiologists in the Reno, Nev., area already are taking advantage of a first-of-its-kind settlement between Renown Health and the Federal Trade Commission that allowed the doctors to void their noncompete agreements and go to work for competitors.
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Some states would see savings while others would experience cost increases as a result of the health reform law's provision to expand Medicaid, according to a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas takes care of its own—and its community.
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Dr. Zubin Damania wears funny costumes and makes poop jokes on the Internet. Under the pseudonym ZDoggMD, he uses puns, props and parody to make online videos that simultaneously celebrate and skewer the healthcare industry.
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Mary Berg is paying the price for a shortage of U.S. doctors that by most accounts is about to get much worse.
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