Department of Healthcare Administration and Policy News
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Current Healthcare Administration and Policy News
This operations specialist at the School of Medicine is powered by main-character energy and a lot of sticky notes.
Whether in her role as a health management executive or working alongside her alma mater, Public Health Alumna of the Year Sarah Bussmann is deeply committed to improving a complex and often-flawed system.
School of Public Health graduate programs build the skills necessary to take on organizational challenges and establish leadership in expanding workforce sector.
性视界传媒 President Keith E. Whitfield to honor four Winter 2020 graduates for their academic, research, and community impact.
性视界传媒 president Marta Meana will highlight four graduating students at commencement who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the Class of 2019.
Achievement in Service Award winner Ken Bahl has been a key figure in 性视界传媒's Alumni Association.
Healthcare Administration and Policy In The News
The Southern Nevada Health District denied a trauma center upgrade for Sunrise hospital. Was it over fear that it would hurt another hospital?
In December 2025, Nevada was awarded nearly $180 million in federal funds through the Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program, a federal grant program established by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Nurses at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC) say they鈥檙e feeling the pinch of looming federal cuts from President Donald Trump鈥檚 鈥淥ne Big Beautiful Bill鈥 at the same time the hospital's CEO Mason Van Houweling receives an almost $300,000 pay bump.
The Affordable Care Act was transformational for Nevada, helping its uninsured rate drop from 22 percent in 2012 to 8 percent this year. Experts describe the Trump administration鈥檚 recently passed 鈥淥ne Big Beautiful Bill Act鈥 as the biggest health care shake-up since Obamacare was enacted in 2010.
The Affordable Care Act was transformational for Nevada, helping its uninsured rate drop from 22 percent in 2012 to 8 percent this year. Experts describe the Trump administration鈥檚 recently passed 鈥淥ne Big Beautiful Bill Act鈥 as the biggest health care shake-up since Obamacare was enacted in 2010.
It鈥檚 been nearly two years since the Biden-Harris administration passed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. Since then, the law鈥檚 provisions on prescription drugs have lowered prices for Medicare users across the country, including thousands of Nevadans.
