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Thursday, Nov. 5: Things to do in Carson City
Submitted by Danielle Cook on Thu, 11/05/2015 - 5:46amBefore you catch a chill, head down to the Community Flu Shot Clinic held this afternoon at the Fire Station by the Carson City Airport. Warm up from the inside at Tahoe Ridge Winery’s monthly Ladies Night: Women In Need Of Sanity. Crooners Jimmy Mallett and Jack Clifton are just the recipe for a hot time at Living the Good Life. . Rick Radecki sizzles as he returns with his Flashback Thursdays show at the Casino Fandango. Things get spicy at El Charro Avita: salsa dance lessons are tonight.
THURSDAY:
Get the shot: Carson City area flu clinics Thursday and next week
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Wed, 11/04/2015 - 5:36pmCarson City Health and Human Services will host flu vaccination clinics this Thursday and next Tuesday as it continues to help build community immunity. By getting a flu vaccine this year, citizens are not only protecting themselves but others from falling ill to the flu.
Donations sought: Taste of Downtown forced to move event date, causes budget shortfall
Submitted by editor on Tue, 10/20/2015 - 11:34amThis summer, Carson City and surrounding communities have experienced domestic violence at alarming rates. Kirsten Krasovec and Carson City Sheriff's Office Deputy Carl Howell were both killed at the hands of domestic violence abusers, and local shelters have been filled to capacity for months now.
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.
Upcoming flu vaccination clinics in Carson City, Douglas County
Submitted by editor on Fri, 10/09/2015 - 2:32pmCommunity flu vaccination events are being held in October and November in Carson City and Douglas County.
Each fall, the flu returns and brings with it the fever, cough, sore throat, congestion, muscle aches and fatigue that many of us dread.
Friday, October 2: Things to do in Carson City
Submitted by Danielle Cook on Fri, 10/02/2015 - 1:49amIt’s finally Friday with plenty of happenings to choose from. Start out with some coffee on Supervisor Bonokowski at the Cracker Box. Enjoy a free bbq lunch at Meek’s Lumber. Tea and cookies await at Browser’s Corner Book Shop to celebrate the Friends of the Carson Library’s Anniversary. Tickle your funny bone at first Fridays Improv at the Brewery Arts Center. Satisfy your craving for live music at Sassafras, Bella Fiore, or Living the Good Life. Let the theater feed your soul: Carson High School presents the Importance of Being Earnest at the Community Center.
FRIDAY:
- Nevada’s Manufacturing Month breakfast at the Governor’s Annex: 606 Mountain St. (6:30am; $35)
- Monthly ‘Breakfast with Supervisor Brad’ Bonokowski at the Cracker Box (7am; open to Carson City residents, the coffee is on Brad)
Carson City health department announces 2015 flu season community vaccination events
Submitted by editor on Mon, 09/28/2015 - 12:41pmThe first week of October marks the official start of flu season in the United States. Beginning in October and lasting through May, flu season is the period when flu germs are most likely to be circulating and to make people sick.
Fiore snubs, threatens state inspectors, could lose home health care license
Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 10:19amAssemblywoman Michele Fiore, who received $6 million in Medicaid funding during a five-year period, has refused to allow state inspectors to review her records and could have her license to operate revoked, sources confirmed this week....
Sandoval signs law the opens door to privatizing some Medicaid Services
Submitted by admin on Thu, 06/11/2015 - 8:02pmGov. Brian Sandoval on Thursday signed a bill into law that includes provisions to privatize Medicaid services for the elderly, the blind and the disabled in Nevada....
Tuesday, June 2: Things to do in Carson City
Submitted by Danielle Cook on Tue, 06/02/2015 - 5:40amToday is National Leave the Office Early Day, so get out and enjoy the day if you can: play some golf, wander around an art exhibit, or join up with Muscle Powered on their weekly hike. Get nostalgic with Donkey Kong; the video game debuted this day in 1981. Or you could binge watch Leave it to Beaver: Jerry ‘the Beav’ Mathers was born this day in 1948.
TUESDAY:
- One Putt Jr. Academy at Silver Oak Golf Course (sign in 7:45am, 8am-10am; $40 per class or $200 for six classes classes includes Green Fees, Pull Cart, Golf Clubs, Gatorade; space limited, ages 7-12)
- Last week: ‘Forevermore’ by artist Su Limbert at the LXS Gallery in the Legislature Building
Bill with ‘zero’ chance proposes privatizing provision of Medicaid services
Submitted by admin on Sun, 05/17/2015 - 9:52pmThe elderly, the blind and the physically disabled. Thousands of people in these groups in Clark and Washoe counties face major changes in the way assistive services are provided to them should Assembly Bill 310 — sponsored by Nevada Assembly Majority Leader Paul Anderson, R-Las Vegas — become l...
Audit finds $1 million in state Medicaid overpayments
Submitted by admin on Mon, 05/04/2015 - 6:04pmLegislative Counsel auditors identified $780,000 in overpayments for behavioral health claims, and $285,000 in overpayments and improper billings for dental claims....
Nevada Hospital Association says Medicaid costs unsustainable
Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/17/2015 - 1:23amThe combination of rising costs, state cuts during the recession and the burgeoning Medicaid population under the Affordable Health Care Act has left Nevada’s hospitals with an unsustainable, unfunded burden.Bill Welc...
Advocates to End Domestic Violence aims for $1,000 through Big Give for client computer
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 03/12/2015 - 3:06pmToday is Nevada's Big Give and Advocates to End Domestic Violence, based in Carson City, has a goal to raise $1,000 so it can purchase a computer system for clients in the emergency shelter.
Many of the Advocate clients enter the shelter without a job, food stamps, Medicaid, etc. and struggle to complete all of the applications on the computer it currently has.
Nevada behavioral psychology internship consortium announced
Submitted by editor on Wed, 02/25/2015 - 5:57pmHealth professional shortages have been a challenge in Nevada for decades. The expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act has increased health care access to hundreds of thousands of Nevadans, creating even higher demand for health care professionals.
In anticipation of this increase, the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health facilitated a pipeline mapping project to identify challenges across multiple sectors, and to make recommendations for bringing more health professionals to Nevada.
Carson Tahoe statement on health care services provided to prisoners in Nevada
Submitted by editor on Wed, 01/28/2015 - 10:02amCarson Tahoe has been providing care to Nevada’s inmate population for many years. Previously the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) covered the care of these prisoners through a private, third party insurer - Hometown Health Plan (HHP).
With the advent of the ACA, NDOC decided to do away with private insurance for its prisoners needing inpatient services.
Carson City hospital defends denial of Medicaid inmates
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/27/2015 - 11:51pmCarson Tahoe Regional Medical Center’s decision to stop accepting Medicaid eligible inmates as patients reared its head in the legislative overview of the governor’s budget on Tuesday. Carson Tahoe Health CEO and Pre...
Rand Paul: No government involvement in gaming, no fears of radiation at Yucca, no governor should have expanded Medicaid
Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/17/2015 - 4:57pmActing presidential candidate Rand Paul argued Saturday that the government should “not be involved” in legalized gaming, obliquely criticized Gov. Brian Sandoval for expanding Medicaid and claimed he is “of two minds” on a Nevada nuclear waste dump but is “not afraid of radiation in a mountain.”...
Gov. Sandoval State of the State 2015 Full Text
Submitted by editor on Thu, 01/15/2015 - 10:44pmHere is the full text of Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval's speech delivered to the Nevada Legislature Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015.
Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Distinguished Members of the Legislature, Honorable Justices of the Supreme Court, Constitutional Officers:
Health and Human Services awards Nevada $2 million for health care upgrades
Submitted by editor on Tue, 12/16/2014 - 11:44amNevada will receive up to $2 million to design health care payment and service delivery models that will improve health care quality and lower costs, Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia M. Burwell announced Tuesday.
Letter: One Year On, Obamacare Is Working
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sat, 10/25/2014 - 10:22amWhen I’m asked about Obamacare, I use it as an opportunity to show how much difference progressive change can make. Open enrollment began one year ago, on October 1st, 2013. The websites had a rocky rollout, but 10.3 million Americans who had no health insurance a year ago now have coverage.
Medicaid prisoners 'devastating' to Carson-Tahoe Health's bottom line
Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/27/2014 - 4:03pmWhen the state decided to shift prison inmates to Medicaid to save the state on their health-care costs, no one asked what the impact would be on Carson-Tahoe Regional Medical Center.
Nevada Medicaid Health Care announces new directors and Carson City office location
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 08/14/2014 - 10:32amThe Nevada Medicaid Health Care Guidance Program, a new integrated physical and behavioral care management program serving thousands of eligible Nevada Fee-for-Service Medicaid enrollees, is pleased to announce its leadership team: Cheri Glockner, Executive Director; Erin Snell, Behavioral Health Program Director; and Dr. Amy J. Khan and Dr. Ryan M. Ley, Medical Directors.
Former counseling center director arrested on fraud charges
Submitted by editor on Mon, 08/11/2014 - 4:28pmThe former director of a Carson City counseling center is now under arrest facing charges of Medicaid fraud. Erik Badgett is currently in custody at the Lyon County Jail.
Amodei announces new additions to team
Submitted by editor on Wed, 06/18/2014 - 9:20amNevada Congressman Mark Amodei had added several new faces to his office staff including Bernie Curtis, who recently retired as chief of the Nevada Division of Parole and Probation.
Curtis, of Gardnerville, will serve as field representative in Amodei’s Reno office. He brings more than 36 years of experience from across Northern Nevada in law enforcement, local government and the private sector, including serving as Douglas County Commissioner.
How One Woman is Helping Lower Cost of Prescription Medicines for Nevada’s Most Vulnerable
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 05/06/2014 - 7:20amCatherine, a resident of Fernley, Nevada, is someone you quickly realize after the first few moments of conversation, has lived an extraordinary life — one most of us only dream of.
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.
HHS Report: 45,390 Nevadans have enrolled in Health Insurance Marketplace
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 05/01/2014 - 1:58pmNevada enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace under the Affordable Care Act was 45,390 from Oct. 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday.
Nevada's enrollment includes “in line” and other enrollment activity such as people enrolling due to a change in life circumstance reported through Saturday, April 19, 2014.
Nationwide, enrollment surged to eight million at the end of the first enrollment period, said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Nevada's ACA Medicaid Signings Beat Projections
Submitted by editor on Fri, 04/11/2014 - 5:28amThe Silver State Health Insurance Exchange might still be having problems processing health insurance applications, but the portion of the website that sends Medicaid-eligible applicants to the state Welfare Division is working better than expected.
Column: Paying options for long term nursing care
Submitted by editor on Wed, 04/02/2014 - 1:29pmThe cost of nursing home as of May 2013 is about $7,139 per month in Nevada. The cost of nursing services in the home by qualified caregivers can be that much or even more for 24 hour care.
Hopefully we won’t need that care or not for very long. However, it seems the average need is about three years of care.
If a veteran has low income and less than $80,000 in assets, war veterans may be eligible for up to $2,000 per month for home health care, a nursing home or assisted living. A look at www.veteranaid.org will give some information about that program.