- Nevada Pharmacy Alliance Newsletter (nevadapharmacyalliance.com)
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- Bans in other states leads to sharp increase in abortions in Nevada, new data suggests (nevadacurrent.com)
Updated data shows the number of abortions provided in Nevada has risen 49% since 2020, suggesting that people in states with abortion bans are traveling to receive medical care...Guttmacher Institute found that states, like Nevada, that are in close proximity to states, like Idaho, where total abortion bans are in place saw much sharper increases in the number of abortions provided compared to states further away from abortion bans...In 2020, more than 113,000 abortions were performed in the 13 states that now have total bans on abortions...READ MORE
- Don’t let drug companies run Nevada’s health care industry (thenevadaindependent.com)Medication prices could be capped under proposed Nevada bill (reviewjournal.com)
Members of both political parties agree that keeping life-saving prescription drug prices reasonable saves lives; however, there is an ongoing debate about the best way to accomplish this goal...For many Democrats, government-imposed price controls are the solution. This past legislative session, they passed Assembly Bill 250, which would prevent the major drug manufacturers from inflating the cost of our prescription drugs by having the government set these products’ prices...Republicans, on the other hand, argue that promoting marketplace competition is a more effective solution than more government. That’s why Gov. Joe Lombardo rightly vetoed this bill...Regardless of where one falls on the political spectrum, everyone in this state should agree that regulating away the private market entities that help restrain the drug companies’ ability to rig prices higher shouldn’t be the answer. And yet, that’s exactly what the drugmakers are telling them to do...READ MORE
- Nevada Pharmacy Alliance Newsletter June 2023 (v5.airtableusercontent.com)
President's Address
Legislative Priorities
Access to Safe Medicines
Newsletter
Highlights
Pharmacy Day at Capital Hill
Awards and Nominations
Upcoming Events
Bowl of Hygeia Winners
- Report: Nevada drops in national health rankings amid long waits, doctor shortages (thenevadaindependent.com)
Despite making significant strides in reducing teenage birth rates, lowering HIV infection rates and diminishing tobacco and alcohol use among young people, Nevada has dropped seven spots in a national ranking of state health outcomes since a statewide assessment was last published in 2019...The 2022 State Health Assessment, published earlier this month, was developed in partnership between Nevada’s Division of Public and Behavioral Health and other health care entities. The report, which is updated every three to five years, is a data-driven resource outlining the state’s health care strengths and challenges and recommending priorities...READ MORE
- Pharmacist-to-Technician Ratio Special Newsletter (v5.airtableusercontent.com)
NPA President Dr. Kay Lynn Bowman gave a brief history of legislation surrounding the pharmacist-to-technician ratio:
The last proposal for the Regulation to increase the ratio was heard and a survey was conducted in October 2018...From January 2019 - September 2019: Public comment was heard by the Board of Pharmacy in March, April, June and July, and a final motion for a 4:1 ratio was denied.
COVID-19: May 5, 2020 a Partial Emergency Waiver for COVID-19 allowed for a 6:1 pharmacy technician:pharmacist ratio. Waiver ended 7/20/2022.
Current Tech/Pharmacist Ratio is 3:1.
In September 2022, the Nevada Board of Pharmacy was asked to adopt an emergency regulation to raise the ratio. The Board of Pharmacy determined that the situation was not an emergency but they mentioned that they may consider discussing this topic in a future board meeting...READ MORE
- Friday Health Plans of Nevada coverage ends August 31 (nevadacurrent.com)
Thousands of Nevadans who got their health insurance through Friday Health Plans of Nevada have until midnight on Aug. 31 to find a new policy...This comes after a Nevada court ordered the liquidation of the company by Sept. 1. Several states, including Nevada, placed the insurance company under receivership, a court proceeding similar to a bankruptcy...There will be a special enrollment period for existing Friday Health Plan of Nevada members to enroll in a new health insurance policy through Nevada’s Silver State Health Insurance Exchange...The special enrollment period began July 25 and ends Oct. 31. The last day to enroll without a coverage gap is Aug. 31...READ MORE
- Systemic racism and poverty are hurting Nevadans’ health, state report finds (nevadacurrent.com)
Systemic racism, lack of affordable housing, limited access to healthy food, and hard-to-get medical services are some of the biggest barriers for Nevadans to be healthy, according to a report released this month by the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health...The State Health Assessment notes that as Nevada’s population becomes increasingly diverse “systems of oppression, such as racism and classism” impact access to resources, in turn compromising people’s health...The Nevada report mirrors many findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has declared racism a “serious threat to the public’s health.”...READ MORE
- Facing a nursing ‘crisis,’ Nevada lawmakers invested $20 million for nursing schools (thenevadaindependent.com)
Earlier this year, Nevada lawmakers unanimously passed SB375, which allocates $20 million over the next two fiscal years to increase the number of nursing faculty and graduates at seven state nursing programs — an effort to address the state’s troubling nursing shortage..., some school leaders cautioned that main drivers of the nursing shortage — such as pay for faculty and clinical nurses and burnout among nurses — remain unaddressed...It’s also difficult to hire nursing faculty because of the lower pay and higher education requirements in academia compared to clinical settings...READ MORE
- Thousands of Nevadans’ health coverage in limbo as Friday Health Plans placed in receivership (nevadacurrent.com)
Nevada Insurance Commissioner Scott Kipper filed for regulatory supervision of Friday Health Plans of Nevada, which has over 2,800 individuals in the state, after the company announced last week that it will “wind down…business operations.”...“Unfortunately, Friday has been unable to scale our financial infrastructure to match the pace of our growth and secure the additional capital required to run our business,” the company said in a statement on its website last week. “While we are deeply disappointed, we agree with the decision of our State regulators that it is necessary to wind down Friday’s business operations over time in accordance with the regulations in the states where we are operating.”...READ MORE