Press Archives - FirstMed

From KSNV-TV – “Las Vegas Rx: Plan to make a visit to your doctor soon”

During COVID-19, many people put their personal health on the back burner out of fear of contracting the virus. That’s why local elected officials recently launched a campaign to remind Southern Nevadans of the importance of returning to their doctors, and to remind them that it is now safe to do so. Check out this […] Read More

FirstMed Health and Wellness Center announces new Chief Medical Officer

Las Vegas, Nev. — FirstMed Health and Wellness Center (FirstMed), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and Certified Community Behavioral Health Center (CCBHC) that provides comprehensive preventative, primary care medical services and mental health services for ages five and older to low income and under-served families in Southern Nevada, has appointed Lilnetra Grady as its […] Read More

FirstMed Health and Wellness Center partners with RTC and UNLV to launch public safety program to combat human trafficking

FirstMed to provide comprehensive, trauma-informed wrap-around services to victims Las Vegas, Nev. — FirstMed Health and Wellness Center (FirstMed), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and Certified Community Behavioral Health Center (CCBHC) that provides comprehensive preventative, primary care medical services and mental health services for ages five and older to low income and under-served families […] Read More

Federally Qualified Health Centers must grow to cover the uninsured and underinsured

By Michael Lyle, Special to VEGAS INC Monday, November 6, 2017 – 2 a.m. Money should never be the reason people don’t get the health care they need, but it often is. That’s why in the 1960s, during the anti-poverty movement, the roots of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) were created as a response to […] Read More

Horizon Health

For all of us in healthcare, there comes a moment in time when we transition from provider to patient or family advocate. This past week was my turn. One of my parents (like many in my generation, I’m blessed with more than two) was hospitalized with a myriad of difficulties that boil down to, elderly […] Read More

Repeal and Replace 2.0: Sandoval expresses concern, Heller promises review

LAS VEGAS (KSNV NEWS3LV) — Senate Republicans unveiled their revised Obamacare replacement on Thursday, and while it contains some changes to the original proposal, it contains a key element Nevada’s top two Republicans oppose: cuts to Medicaid, which is the program that helps low-income and needy Americans. Gov. Brian Sandoval, in Rhode Island for the National […] Read More

Nevada’s legislature just passed a radical plan to let anybody sign up for Medicaid

Nevada, with little fanfare or notice, is inching toward a massive health insurance expansion – one that would give the state’s 2.8 million residents access to a public health insurance. The Nevada legislature passed a bill Friday that would allow anyone to buy into Medicaid, the public program that covers low-income Americans. It would be […] Read More

FQHC White Paper

Click here to read about the challenges that are faced by many FQHCs around the country in White Paper by Sage Growth Partners. Read More

Make-A-Wish gets its wish granted — new office space

Make-A-Wish of Southern Nevada opened a new office space Friday in Summerlin called the Wishing Place. Allegiant Airlines, a national sponsor of Make-A-Wish for nearly five years, donated $1.5 million to the nonprofit organization to help fund its new headquarters on Allegiant’s Summerlin campus. “They wanted to do something that could connect their emloyees here […] Read More