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It's Your City: Colleen Petrosky of Nevada Health Centers discusses Wednesday's Mammovan
Submitted by editor on Mon, 02/01/2016 - 2:46pmThis week's edition of It's Your City with host Cortney Bloomer features guest Colleen Petrosky from Nevada Health Centers. The two discuss the mobile Mammovan that arrives in Carson City this Wednesday, Feb. 3.
Suspected gas leak forces brief evacuation of Nevada health office on Technology Way
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 01/25/2016 - 1:32pmUPDATE: Southwest Gas and Carson City Fire Department have gone through the building. The issue has been turned over to building maintenance and employees have been allowed back into the building.
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Employees at the Nevada Health Division on Technology Way evacuated the building Monday afternoon after a suspected gas leak coming from the second floor, according to dispatch.
Mobile Mammovan to make stops in Carson City, Virginia City and Yerington
Submitted by editor on Sat, 01/23/2016 - 12:36pmNevada Health Centers’ Mammovan will be making stops beginning next week around northern Nevada. There will screenings in Carson City, Virginia City, Yerington and Reno.
The mobile Mammovan aims to make mammography services accessible and convenient for women by visiting locations across Nevada. These screenings are primarily for women age 40 and older; however, screenings will be provided to those younger than 40 that have a physician referral.
Record number of Nevadans enroll in health insurance
Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/23/2015 - 3:51pmMore than 72,000 Nevadans have enrolled in health insurance through the Nevada Health Link system.That’s more than double the 35,000 who had enrolled at this time in the open enrollment process last y ...
It's Your City: Carson City School District partners with Nevada Health Centers to open clinic
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 11/05/2015 - 2:01pmThis week on It's Your City host Cortney Bloomer welcomes Valerie Dockery of the Carson City School District to discuss the recent partnership with Nevada Health Centers and its new health clinic that opened in conjunction with the school district.
Nevada Health Centers, Carson City School District open new school-based health facility
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Wed, 10/14/2015 - 3:35pmThe Carson City School District and Nevada Health Centers announced that it will open a new school-based health center on Musser Street behind the Professional Development Center, formerly Gleason Elementary School.
To facilitate the opening, there were be a ribbon cutting celebration Thursday with the Carson City Chamber of Commerce and officials from the Carson City School District and Nevada Health Centers Tours and refreshments will be provided. The event begins at 8:30 a.m. This center is located at 618 W. Musser Street.
Nevada Division of Insurance launches fall health insurance awareness campaign
Submitted by editor on Thu, 10/08/2015 - 4:10pmThe Nevada Division of Insurance is excited to announce the launch of its Fall Health Insurance Awareness campaign. The month of October is a good time to begin thinking about a 2016 health insurance policy.
Open Enrollment is just around the corner starting Nov. 1 and running through Jan. 31, 2016. That is why the Division of Insurance is officially kicking off a pre-enrollment campaign to turn consumers into insurance experts before Open Enrollment begins.
Recall: Nevada health officials warn of cucumbers tainted with salmonella
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Fri, 09/04/2015 - 5:37pmSeven Nevadans are among nearly 300 people nationwide who have reportedly been sickened with salmonella by cucumbers sold under the name and label of A&W Limited Edition Pole Crown Cucumbers, Nevada health officials announced Friday. The company, San Diego-based Andrew and Williamson Fresh Produce, has voluntarily recalled all cucumbers sold between Aug. 1 through Thursday, Sept. 3.
Feds award near $200,000 for Nevada health centers
Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/26/2015 - 12:19amThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $195,805 in funding for four health centers in Nevada.The Affordable Care Act money will expand quality improvement and infrastructure systems to improve pr...
National Health Center Week: Nevada values success of community health clinics
Submitted by editor on Fri, 08/07/2015 - 1:34pmWith the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, more Nevadans than ever now have health insurance coverage. One of the covered benefits is the provision of preventative health services and treatment for most illnesses. With so many Nevadans having coverage, the primary health care system has been overwhelmed with people trying to access services.
Nevada Health Centers Mammovan at the Carson City District Attorney’s office
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 5:04pmRichard Whitley to direct Nevada Health and Human Services
Submitted by admin on Mon, 06/15/2015 - 2:26pmGov. Brian Sandoval on Monday appointed Richard Whitley director of the Department of Health and Human Services....
Rabid bat confirmed in Washoe County; pet owners urged to maintain rabies vaccinations
Submitted by editor on Thu, 05/28/2015 - 2:33pmThe Nevada Department of Agriculture says it has tested positive for the first laboratory-confirmed rabid bat found in Washoe County. Bat rabies is endemic throughout Nevada. The agency's Animal Disease Laboratory notes that between six and 20 bats annually test positive for rabies, usually between the months of May and October. However, in recent years positive bats have been confirmed as early as February.
GOP lawmakers propose abolishing Nevada health exchange
Submitted by admin on Mon, 04/06/2015 - 9:50amSeveral Nevada Republicans are trying to scrap the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange launched as part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. A Senate committee held a hearing Monday to review SJR14, which proposes a constitutional ban on ......
Friday, Feb. 27: Things to do in Carson City
Submitted by Danielle Cook on Fri, 02/27/2015 - 5:28am“Act out being alive, like a play. And after a while, a long while, it will be true.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden
Birthday boy Steinbeck has it right. Carson City is what you make of it; plenty going on, but it won’t come to your home and ask you to get involved. Music, art, theater, dance, hiking, biking, wining, dining, volunteering, sports, and more are available in our area.
Insurance industry may find spot on Nevada health exchange board
Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/18/2015 - 5:45pmThe Silver State Exchange, the agency tasked with governing the state’s subsidized health insurance marketplace, is pushing for overhauls that could give the insurance industry ......
Health District condemns e-cigarettes, wants tighter regulations
Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/18/2015 - 11:58amThe Southern Nevada Health District today issued an advisory condemning electronic cigarettes and pledging to back efforts to restrict their sale. Citing continued studies that show e-cigarettes contain carcinogens — cancer-causing substances — the Health District is urging ......
Today is the deadline to sign up for Nevada Health Link
Submitted by editor on Mon, 12/15/2014 - 10:48amNevadans have until the end of the day to sign up for government-subsidized health coverage if they want it to start Jan. 1. Monday is a deadline for signing up through the state insurance exchange called Nevada Health Link.
Nevada health officials say Churchill County experiencing high rate of flu cases
Submitted by editor on Fri, 12/12/2014 - 5:53pmAs of the last week in November of 2014, a large increase of influenza (flu) has occurred in Churchill County. According to the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, Churchill County has experienced 61 cases of influenza in this flu season, almost all occurring within a two week period. Churchill County has not experienced such a large influx of influenza cases in such a short period of time since 2009.
Carson City Fire Chief Stacey Giomi to retire
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Fri, 12/05/2014 - 2:42pmCarson City Fire Chief Stacey Giomi announced that he'll retire in early February of 2015, said Carson City Manager Nick Marano. Giomi is only the fourth paid fire chief in the city's history. He was hired Nov. 23, 1983 and became chief in 2005. He has been with the fire department for 31 years.
Giomi has accepted a position with Nevada Health Centers as their Director of Facilities and Emergency Preparedness. Nevada Health Centers is a federally qualified health center in Nevada and the largest primary care provider for the underserved and/or geographically isolated in the State.
October is SUID, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
Submitted by editor on Wed, 10/15/2014 - 5:06pmCarson City – The Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health recognizes the month of October as Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID), Pregnancy, and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and Oct. 15 as National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day.
The DPBH is working to reduce pregnancy loss and infant mortality rates through collaboration and participation in both the Learning Network on Improving Birth Outcomes and Collaborative Improvement & Innovation Network to Reduce Infant Mortality (CoIIN), as well as funding a pilot Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) in Washoe County.
Nevada health officials address Ebola case identified in Texas
Submitted by editor on Wed, 10/01/2014 - 4:13pmCarson City – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the first case of Ebola to be diagnosed in the United States is in a person who had traveled to Dallas, Texas from Liberia. The patient did not have symptoms when leaving West Africa, but developed symptoms approximately four days after arriving in the U.S. on Sept. 20.
Free Nevada Health Link Info Meetings
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 09/18/2014 - 12:54pmIt's a free informational meeting to get questions answered and assistance in getting health insurance through the marketplace. Thursday October 2nd at 755 N. Roop St. Suite 211, Carson City, NV 89701. 5:15PM - 6:15PM.
Continues every Thursday throughout the month of October.
Fire Drill Only: Training tonight at state office on King Street
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Tue, 08/19/2014 - 8:51pmThe Carson City Fire Department is doing training exercises tonight at the Nevada Health and Human Services Office at 505 East King Street. The drill, a staged scenario involving a fire with people trapped in a building, began at around 8:40 p.m.
Column: 72 percent of Obamacare insurance recipients may not get subsidies
Submitted by editor on Mon, 08/11/2014 - 11:17amNow this is news. The Washington, D.C. Circuit Court’s recent ruling against the IRS may spell the end of Individual Mandates for Health Insurance (and individual penalties for not having qualified health insurance) and the Employer Mandates for companies with over 50 employees (and the corresponding penalties for not complying)…IF a state did NOT set up a State Health Exchange.
Infant safe sleep awareness event offered Wednesday through Nevada public health
Submitted by editor on Mon, 07/14/2014 - 12:18pmThe Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health will offer a Safe Sleep awareness event Wednesday, July 16 from 10 to noon at the Smith’s Food & Drug Store at 750 South Meadows Parkway, Reno.
The event hopes to draw new mothers and help them in the prevention of No. 1 cause of infant death between the ages of one month and one year. A Safe Sleep bus provided by the Regional Transportation Commission will be on site, as well as Safe Sleep and injury prevention materials from DPBH and Cribs for Kids of Safe Kids Washoe County.
Nevada Health Exchange Names New Director
Submitted by editor on Fri, 07/11/2014 - 7:14amCARSON CITY, Nev. – The Board of the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange completed final interviews Thursday afternoon and unanimously selected Bruce Gilbert of Addison, Texas.
It Looks Like Xerox is Bailing Out Early
Submitted by editor on Mon, 07/07/2014 - 5:51amXerox is supposed to stick around through November to run Nevada Health Link’s website, but some insurance sources say the contractor essentially has bailed on the project.
Nevada Business Group on Health Hosts Benefit Plan Design Seminar on June 12
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 05/27/2014 - 11:26amThe Nevada Business Group on Health announces its Building Common Knowledge presentation on the topic of Value-Based Benefit Design, a health benefit savings strategy that draws on a variety of incentive strategies that address the way health insurance plans are structured and utilized by employees and their dependents.
The seminar, led by benefit design thought-leader and Executive Director of the Mississippi Business Group on Health, Murray Harber will be held at noon at the Atlantis Hotel and Casino on June 12, 2014.
Nevada Health Centers traveling Mammovan is providing screening mammograms
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 05/02/2014 - 1:00pmNevada Health Centers traveling Mammovan is providing screening mammograms in the communities of
Carson City, Gardnerville, Reno and Sparks through May 13, 2014.
You can get screened at no cost if you are uninsured. Medicaid, Medicare, group and individual insurance are also accepted. Make your mammogram appointment today by calling toll-free 1.877.581.6266.
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