State protections

Relevant Contact Points in Nevada

The Minimum Public Data Every Decision Maker Should Have.

Who to call in Nevada

Nevada Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance (HCQC), Division of Public and Behavioral Health

The state facility licensing and survey agency for skilled nursing facilities, residential facilities for groups, adult day care, home health and hospice.

Call(775) 684-1030Fax(775) 684-1073Mail727 Fairview Drive, Suite E, Carson City, NV 89701Webhcqc.nv.gov ↗
Nevada State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program (Aging and Disability Services Division, ADSD)

Receives and investigates complaints from residents of nursing homes, residential facilities for groups, and homes for individual residential care.

Nevada Office of the Attorney General, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU)

The state unit that investigates Medicaid provider fraud and patient abuse or neglect in Medicaid-funded facilities.

Nevada Attorney General's Bureau of Consumer Protection

The front door for a deceptive-medical-billing complaint under the DTPA (NRS 598) or an itemized-medical-debt-statement complaint under NRS 439B.2841.

Nevada Department of Business & Industry, Financial Institutions Division (FID)

The licensing regulator for medical-debt collectors under NRS/NAC Chapter 649; its resources-and-complaints page lists the Collection Agency complaint channel.

Call(702) 486-4120Webhal.nv.gov online complaint formWebfid.nv.gov ↗
Office for Consumer Health Assistance (OCHA), home of the Bureau for Hospital Patients (Governor's Consumer Health Advocate)

Handles balance-billing arbitrations and external review under NRS 439B.700 through 760.

Nevada Division of Insurance, Consumer Services and Investigations Section

Handles insurance-related consumer complaints and questions statewide.

Nevada Division of Insurance, online complaint intake

A secure online complaint form and description of the investigator-assigned complaint process for insurance-related disputes, including health insurance.

Office for Consumer Health Assistance (OCHA)

The state office that facilitates health-insurance external review and balance-billing arbitration requests.

Nevada State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) / Medicare Assistance Program (MAP), Aging and Disability Services Division

Provides free, unbiased Medicare counseling statewide.

Nevada Health Link / Silver State Health Insurance Exchange

The state-based marketplace's consumer contact line for enrollment assistance.

Nevada Division of Insurance, Life and Health section

The Division unit handling insurer filings and required industry reports, including long-term-care insurance suitability and replacement forms and Medicare-supplement required reports, and the carrier-facing regulatory contact for the Life and Health line of business.

Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners

Licenses physicians, physician assistants and related licensees under NRS Chapter 630; its directory of named license specialists is the Board's licensee-inquiry contact point.

Nevada State Board of Osteopathic Medicine

Licenses D.O.s, osteopathic physician assistants and anesthesiologist assistants under NRS Chapter 633.

Care-facility inspections

How nursing homes and care facilities in Nevada are inspected, licensed, and held to account.

5 laws · 5 enforcement actions · 4 guides · 1 court decision

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Predatory medical billing & debt

Nevada's protections against unfair medical bills and aggressive medical-debt collection.

29 laws · 9 enforcement actions · 2 guides · 2 court decisions

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The laws 29

Orders & settlements 7

Health insurance, LTC & Medigap

The rules governing health coverage, long-term-care insurance and Medigap in Nevada.

16 laws · 17 enforcement actions · 8 guides · 4 court decisions

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The laws 16

Know your rights 8

Orders & settlements 11

Official notices 8

Medical malpractice

An older patient's recourse in Nevada when a provider causes harm.

21 laws · 8 enforcement actions · 4 guides · 7 court decisions

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The laws 21

Court decisions 7

Elder financial exploitation

Nevada's protections against investment-adviser misconduct and financial exploitation of older investors.

3 laws · 5 enforcement actions · 4 guides · 1 court decision

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Orders & settlements

None on file yet — the federal backstop still applies.

Privacy & data

How an older adult's personal information is protected in Nevada.

9 laws · 4 enforcement actions · 3 guides · 1 court decision

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The laws 9

Orders & settlements

None on file yet — the federal backstop still applies.

Age discrimination & caregiver leave

Workplace protections in Nevada relevant to older workers and the families who care for them.

29 laws · 4 enforcement actions · 8 guides · 7 court decisions

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The laws 29

Know your rights 8

Court decisions 7

Official notices 6

Food-service inspections

How the places older Nevada residents are served meals are inspected.

11 laws · 7 enforcement actions · 6 guides

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The laws 11

Know your rights 6

Court decisions

None on file yet — the federal backstop still applies.

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