Nevada
Rehab now more accessible to Nevada Medicaid recipients
Residential treatment for addiction is expected to become more available to Nevada Medicaid beneficiaries this year, even as congressional Republicans consider cuts to the insurance program for low-income people.
In December 2022, the federal government gave approval for a requirement that managed-care organizations in Nevada cover residential treatment — live-in treatment at an addiction treatment facility — for up to 30 days, if “deemed medically necessary.”
But it took revisions to Medicaid’s complex rules on reimbursement before managed-care organizations broadly implemented the requirement, said Jeff Iverson, CEO of CrossRoads of Southern Nevada treatment center.
In October of last year, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gave approval for Nevada Medicaid to reimburse for residential treatment based on a bundled rate, allowing a higher reimbursement rate, according to Nevada Medicaid.
“Nevada Medicaid is expecting an uptick in the number of providers now that there is a more sustainable rate for this array of services,” the agency said.
Asked who’s to blame for the slow implementation, Iverson said, “There’s just a lot of finger-pointing. The MCOs blame the state.”
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Nevada Medicaid said implementation required, in part, updating the software system to allow providers to bill for services. It also required coordination with another state health division providing grants to fund these services.
Meanwhile, managed-care organizations Anthem and Molina have been using a model of care that covered detox and outpatient treatment at CrossRoads coupled with off-campus housing and transportation to treatment, Iverson said.
Recently, all of the managed-care organizations, except for Health Plan of Nevada, have entered into contracts with CrossRoads to begin providing residential treatment, he said.
Health Plan of Nevada had a contract with CrossRoads in 2023 to provide services, including detox and residential treatment, but late that year began to deny treatment and refer its clients to outpatient clinics, Iverson said.
In a statement, Health Plan of Nevada said it provides access “to quality, evidence-based behavioral health care” for its members.
As of Jan. 1, a policy went into effect under which the managed-care organizations are beginning to cover residential treatment for Medicaid beneficiaries in the specialty courts of the Clark County court system, court spokesperson Mary Ann Price said.
One such court is adult drug court, a court-supervised, comprehensive inpatient and outpatient substance abuse treatment program for individuals dependent on alcohol or drugs. The aim is to address substance abuse issues to reduce recidivism.
Previously, the court obtained grants to cover treatment, said DeDe Parker, who a few months ago left her position as an administrator with the Clark County court system after eight years, including several as the administrator over specialty courts.
“The state wasn’t going to fund us because Medicaid was supposed to pick up funding residential treatment,” Parker said. “When I left, we were still trying to fight that.”
There was also an ongoing conversation, she said, about how individuals outside the court system could get treatment at all.
An average of 268 people over each of the past five years have received residential treatment funded through the court system, according to data from Price.
Contact Mary Hynes at mhynes@reviewjournal.com or at 702-383-0336. Follow @MaryHynes1 on X. Hynes is a member of the Review-Journal’s investigative team, focusing on reporting that holds leaders and agencies accountable and exposes wrongdoing.
Medicaid eligibility
In Nevada, households with annual incomes of up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level may qualify for Medicaid.
This is an income of about $20,800 a year for an individual and $43,000 for a family of four.
Also eligible are the following in households with somewhat higher income levels, depending on the group:
— Children.
— Pregnant women.
— Parents or caretakers.
— Supplemental Security Income recipients, including blind or disabled individuals.
— Certain Medicare beneficiaries.
Source: Nevada Medicaid
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The defending 5A state champion Centennial Bulldogs (7-3) open conference play with a challenging road test Wednesday night when they travel to Henderson to face the Liberty Patriots (10-7) in a Nevada 5A Southern basketball clash.
Coach Karen Weitz’s Bulldogs, seeking their second consecutive state title, will rely on their formidable frontcourt duo of forwards Nation Williams and Inieye Oruh, complemented by standout guard Sanai Branch. They will face a Patriots squad that has shown marked improvement under head coach Lorenzo Jarvis, powered by senior leaders Samantha Chesnut and Kiana Harworth alongside junior standout Neviah Nick.
With Liberty’s home court advantage potentially neutralizing Centennial’s championship pedigree, this early conference matchup could set the tone for both teams’ title aspirations in the competitive 5A Southern division.
Opening tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m. PT on Wednesday, January 7 with a live TV broadcast on NFHS Network.
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Home prices in Southern Nevada dropped from record highs to end 2025 and less homes sold last year compared with 2024.
Approximately 28,498 existing homes sold in the region last year, which is down almost 9 percent from the 31,305 homes that sold in 2024, according to trade association Las Vegas Realtors, which pulls its data from the Multiple Listing Service. This is the lowest number of homes sold in a year in Southern Nevada since 2007 right before the Great Recession.
The median sale price for a house sold in Southern Nevada in December was approximately $470,000, a 3.9 percent drop from November, according to LVR. By the end of December, LVR reported 6,396 single-family homes listed for sale without any sort of offer. That’s up 28.8 percent from one year earlier.
Despite a down year in sales, the local market did end on a high note.
George Kypreos, president of Las Vegas Realtors, said he is optimistic the housing market could turn around this year. The LVR report noted that home sales in Southern Nevada have seen “peaks and valleys” in recent years, generally declining since 2021 when a record 50,010 properties sold.
“Although it was a relatively slow year for home sales, we’re seeing some encouraging signs heading into the new year,” said Kypreos in a statement. “Buyer activity locally and nationally is starting to improve. Home prices have been fairly stable, and mortgage interest rates ended the year lower than they were the previous year. Most trends are pointing to a more balanced housing market in 2026.”
Freddie Mac currently has the average price for a 30-year fixed-term mortgage rate at 6.1 percent. That mortgage rate has not gone below 6 percent since 2022.
The all-time high median home sale price in Southern Nevada was broken multiple times last year, and currently sits at $488,995 which was last set in November while the condo and townhome market has dropped substantially from an all-time high that was set in October of 2024 ($315,000) to $275,000 to end 2025.
Major residential real estate brokerages are mixed as to where the market will head this year as Zillow, Redfin and Realtor.com have all put out their 2026 projections, and they expect a similar market to 2025. Mortgage rates aren’t expected to drop enough next year to unlock the country’s housing market, new builds will continue to lag, and prices will remain relatively elevated.
Realtor.com said in its report that it predicts a “steadier” housing market next year and a slight shift to a more balanced market. Redfin’s report says 2026 will be the year of the “great housing reset,” which means the start of a yearslong period of “gradual increases in home sales and normalization of prices as affordability gradually improves.”
Finally, Zillow said the housing market should “warm up” in 2026 with “buyers seeing a bit more breathing room and sellers benefiting from price stability and more consistent demand.”
Contact Patrick Blennerhassett at pblennerhassett@reviewjournal.com.
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