- Renown Announces $63.7 Million Committed to Capital Improvements (renown.org)
Renown Health announced $63.7 million has been committed to capital projects in the year ahead. This marks the largest single-year investment by the organization since…in 2008…projects will range from purchasing new technology for leading-edge cancer care to building brand new facilities in growing parts of our community and renovations to improve patient safety, care and comfort.
- $7.5 million commitment toward building and technology for a newly expanded radiation treatment facility in Renown’s Institute for Cancer…with new Varian radiation technologies
- $1.8 million for a 3-D mammography tomosynthesis machine
- $3 million to upgrade 122 prescription dispensing cabinets at our three acute care hospitals and Surgical Arts facility
- $8 million to build a new comprehensive patient care facility offering a number of services including imaging, therapy, primary care, urgent care and lab services…The location and details of the new facility will be announced at a later date
- 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back -Area Prescription Drug Round Up This Saturday (ktvn.com)
September 26th,..local and federal agencies will once again partner together to sponsor the Prescription Drug Round Up event in Washoe County. Since the first event in the fall of 2009, the Round Ups in Washoe County have collected nearly 1.5 million prescription pills. More than 210,000 of those pills were in categories that are commonly diverted and abused, such as painkillers, depressants and stimulants.
Round Up Locations September 26th 10:00am – 2:00pm:
- Raleys - 930 Tahoe Blvd, Incline Village
- Raleys - 18144 Wedge Parkway, Reno
- Walgreens - 10370 N. McCarran Blvd, Reno
- Save Mart– 4995 Kietzke Lane, Reno
- CVS - 680 N. McCarran Blvd, Sparks
- Save Mart- 9750 Pyramid Hwy, Sparks
The drug drop boxes are available during regular business hours at the following locations:
- Reno Police Department – 455 E. 2nd Street, Reno
- Sparks Police Department – 1701 East Prater Way, Sparks
- Washoe County Sheriff’s Office – 911 Parr Blvd., Reno
- Free pediatric medical care tonight (rgj.com)
A free general and pediatric medical clinic will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight at the University of Nevada School of Medicine…Pediatric services include physicals, well checks, child immunizations and sick visits. For adults, services include physicals, blood pressure monitoring and selected lab services…The clinic is held at the School of Medicine's Family Medicine Center at UNR, just north of Mackay Stadium off North Virginia Street By public transportation take RTC route 7 to the North Virginia Street or the free Sierra Spirit Bus…A combined geriatric and dermatology clinic is from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday…Under supervision of faculty and community physicians, students from the School of Medicine offer monthly clinics providing free care to the medically uninsured. Clinics are on a first come, first serve basis and appointments are not necessary.
- New medical schools will shift doctors’ affiliations, move students around Nevada (reviewjournal.com)Touro welcomes next class of future doctors (reviewjournal.com)
University of Nevada School of Medicine in Reno has been training students in the Las Vegas Valley for more than 20 years. But the creation of the UNLV School of Medicine will result in the Reno school moving most of its operations north,..deans… will encourage their students to consider a career as a primary care physician because…The goal of both schools is to develop programs to address Nevada's doctor shortage. The state consistently ranks near the bottom of number of physicians per capita, and the medical schools, have been touted as a key component to boost the number of doctors serving Nevadans.
- Petition filed to place Nevada Health CO-OP into receivership (reviewjournal.com)
Nevada Health CO-OP is struggling to the end…Nevada Division of Insurance…filed a petition in Clark County District Court to place the CO-OP into a conservation-rehabilitation receivership. If the court grants the petition, the division would take control of the CO-OP's assets, distribution of funds and administration… CO-OP was created by the federal Affordable Care Act...It borrowed $65.9 million from the federal government to get off the ground…It has not made profits to pay back the loans: The CO-OP reported a $19.3 million operating loss in 2014, and losses of $22.7 million from January through June…It's the fourth of 23 Obamacare CO-OPs to fail nationwide.
- School of Medicine and Renown Health partner to expand Renown Pediatrics Medical Group (medicine.nevada.edu)
Clinical integration aims to improve pediatric care in northern Nevada..School of Medicine's pediatrics office…has joined the Renown Medical Group. The change was effective on Sept. 1, 2015 and follows the 2014 partnership agreement...School of Medicine pediatricians will remain employed by the medical school. They will see patients under a professional services agreement with Renown, while Renown assumes responsibility for the administrative staff, mid-level practitioners, office space, equipment, scheduling and billing.
- Smith’s Looking to Hire Veterans for Local Stores (kolotv.com)
Smith's stores will hold open interviews Tuesday, September 15, for all veterans and their family members, looking to fill about 250 positions in its area stores (Reno). Nationwide, The Kroger Co. is hiring to fill an estimated 20,000 permanent positions in its supermarket divisions.
- Renown Announces Completion Of Two Major Capital Projects Totaling $8M (renown.org)
Renown Health announced the completion of two major capital investment projects. Both are focused on patient care areas…Phase one of two planned renovations for the Renown Rehabilitation Hospital just wrapped up with the completion of 33 newly refurbished patient suites. The $1.55M investment is the first of two major investments planned for the facility…Also announced was the recent completion of a $3.39M renovation of 24 Labor and Delivery Suites. This investment follows a $3.45M renovation of three L&D operating rooms last year.
- Carson Tahoe Health partners to unveil Sierra Pediatric Blood and Cancer Consortium (nevadaappeal.com)
Three Northern Nevada hospitals along with area provider groups are ganging up on childhood cancer…Renown health, Saint Mary’s, Carson Tahoe Health, Washoe County and the Access to Healthcare Network joining forces to establish the first full-time clinic in Northern Nevada to provide complete services to child cancer patients… the Sierra Pediatric Blood and Cancer Consortium...
- Notice of Intent to Act Upon a Regulation – Nevada Board of Pharmacy (bop.nv.gov)
- Amendment of Nevada Administrative Code 453.510 - Schedule 1 - The proposed amendment to NAC 453.510 will add newly identified synthetic drugs to the list of controlled substances listed on Schedule 1, and provides for other matters properly related thereto.
- A REGULATION relating to pharmacy; revising provisions governing the licensure of a third-party logistics provider; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
- A REGULATION relating to the practice of pharmacy; requiring certain entities collecting controlled substances to provide certain notification and a copy of a certain federally required form to the State Board of Pharmacy; clarifying standards for the disposal of controlled substances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
- A REGULATION relating to pharmacy; requiring, under certain circumstances, an outsourcing facility to obtain a license from the State Board of Pharmacy as a manufacturer; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.