Community Health Services (CHS) is a public program focused on the overall health of individuals, families, and adolescents through the provision of a broad range of family planning services, related preventative health services, public health and infectious disease. CHS provides public health services, emergency preparedness and infectious disease assistance in thirteen of Nevada's rural counties. Five of these counties have eight community health nursing clinics including Dayton, Ely, Fernley, Pahrump, Panaca, Tonopah, Winnemucca, and Yerington. Essential public health services include adult and child immunizations, identification of communicable diseases, and preparedness activities.
Community Health Nurses (CHN) also provide access to optional services in underserved areas including family planning; cancer screening; Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) screening; identification and treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI); Tuberculosis screening and treatment; Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) examinations, lead testing; laboratory tests; outreach and education; and referral and navigation to primary and specialty care as needed.
CHS offers services in rural and frontier communities of Nevada with a priority to the underserved, underinsured and low-income populations. CHS has an established schedule of discounts for available services based on eligibility requirements. Services are not denied due to an inability to pay. CHS accepts various private insurance as well as Medicaid and Medicare.
Proposed Updated Fee Schedule for Non-Family Planning Services and Related Supplies
The State of Nevada, Division of Public and Behavioral Health (DPBH), Community Health Services (CHS) is proposing an update to the current fee schedule for non-family planning services and related supplies pursuant to NAC 442.222. Due to the significant increase in costs since fees were last adjusted in 2009, an increase by a maximum of 25% of adjusted cost is being recommended.
CHS provides public health services, emergency preparedness and infectious disease assistance in nine of Nevada’s rural and frontier counties. There are eight community health clinics in these geographic areas located in Dayton, Ely, Fernley, Pahrump, Panaca, Tonopah, Winnemucca, and Yerington.
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