Recently FirstMed Health & Wellness partnered with a variety of other local small businesses to sponsor a Medical Faire here in Las Vegas. Hosted by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce of Southern Nevada at Cafe de Manila, on Buffalo and Flamingo, the event...
Mental health awareness has become a significant part of the health care conversation following the pandemic. In fact, many studies have found an increase in mental health services requests from people of all ages beginning in 2020. As we continue to analyze the...
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...
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...
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...
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Click here to read about the challenges that are faced by many FQHCs around the country in White Paper by Sage Growth Partners.
