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To continue to drive Nevada Medicaid toward a best-in-class model, we are focused on: Increasing access to primary and preventative care. Advance health equity by reducing disparities and addressing social drivers of health (SDOH). Develop innovative partnerships that transform care and impact population health.
- Ember Smith
- Kaylie Pattni
- IMPROVING HEALTH CARE IN NEVADA
- Abstract
- Insurance Pools
- VI. Conclusion
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, ember.smith@unlv.edu
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, kaylie.pattni@unlv.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/lincy_policybriefs_reports Part of the Community Health Commons, Health Policy Commons, Public Affairs Commons, and the Public Policy Commons
EMBER SMITH, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS KAYLIE PATTNI, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS
Across the United States, improvements in health outcomes lag while health care costs rapidly rise. Medical personnel and resource shortages combined with high underinsured and uninsured rates further complicate access to quality, affordable health care. In order to better understand state-level solutions, we explore factors that contribute to heal...
Health insurance networks can keep costs down for a large group of patients by pooling patients’ risk. To successfully disperse costs, insurance networks need many healthy patients to offset the cost of sick patients who use more resources. However, there is little incentive for healthy patients—who rarely need medical care—to remain insured. If co...
Americans face poor health outcomes, high and rising costs, difficulty accessing medical personnel, and barriers to affordable insurance coverage. As a result of national gridlock and fragmented regulation, state action is imperative to develop effective solutions to each of these obstacles. Nevada has made great strides in guaranteeing the health ...
- Ember Smith, Kaylie Pattni
- 2020
The PCHI® Model is an evidence-based approach to building a community-based care coordination network at the local level to serve community members with the highest risk for poor health outcomes through a combination of community-based organizations, community health workers and a robust technology infrastructure. Learn more. Comagine Health ...
May 22, 2023 · Most of that population receives coverage through a managed care model, where the state contracts with health care insurance companies known as managed care organizations (MCOs) that accept a per-member, per-month payment set by the Legislature for health services, regardless of services used.
Most current data from DHHS for the percent of population enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP (2018) is 27.9 percent statewide and 29.3 percent nationally. Most current data from DHHS for the percent of Medicaid enrollees in managed care programs (2018) is 70 percent.
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Most current data from Nevada’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for the percent change in state Medicaid expenditures (2018 to 2019) is 7.1 percent. Most current data from DHHS for the percent of population enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP (2018) is 27.9 percent statewide and 29.3 percent nationally.
Apr 11, 2023 · Listen • 33:02. Health care in Nevada has a lot of issues. Too few doctors is a big one. Then there’s follow-up, or not, of patients after they leave a hospital. Last fall, the federal Centers...
