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Clark County breaks ground on Las Vegas senior center expansion
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Clark County celebrated the groundbreaking for a much-needed expansion at a Las Vegas senior center. Commission Chair Michael Naft joined other county leaders for Tuesday's ceremony to mark a new chapter at the West Flamingo Senior Center. According to the county, the project will expand...
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NHBC Academic Laboratory to boost medical testing and training in Southern Nevada
To expand medical laboratory testing in Southern Nevada, the Nevada Health and Bioscience Corp. (NHBC) with University Medical Center, the City of Las Vegas, and the State of Nevada are opening the NHBC Academic Laboratory in early 2027, according to a Las Vegas Sun article by Grace Da Rocha. The...
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Vegas Council Approves 8-Story Medical Tower Despite Staff Denial Call
The Las Vegas City Council approved plans Wednesday for an eight-story medical office building at the southeast corner of Charleston Boulevard and Westwood Drive, clearing the way for Charleston MOB Holdings, LLC to develop 4.12 acres inside the Las Vegas Medical District. The project sits near UNLV and close to University Medical Center, adding another major clinical facility to a neighborhood already in the middle of a building boom.
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Southwest Medical Hospice Care Adds a New Healthcare Provider
LAS VEGAS – Southwest Medical Hospice Care, part of Optum has added a new health care provider to help meet the growing need for health services in the Las Vegas community:. Kenneth Pettit, DO has joined Southwest Medical Hospice Care as medical director of hospice. Dr. Pettit has practiced...
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Las Vegas Eye Institute Publishes Patient Education Guide on Monovision LASIK in Las Vegas, Nevada
Henderson, NV - August 17, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Las Vegas Eye Institute, a LASIK surgeon located in Las Vegas, Nevada, has published a patient education article addressing common questions and misconceptions about monovision LASIK. The practice, founded by Dr. Matthew Swanic in 2013, provides LASIK, SMILE, laser vision correction, and cataract surgery to patients throughout the Las Vegas area. The article, titled “ Monovision LASIK FAQ ,” explains how the procedure works and responds to frequently raised concerns about depth perception, reading, nighttime vision, and patient candidacy. Monovision LASIK, also described as blended vision, involves reshaping the cornea so that one eye is corrected primarily for distance and the other primarily for near vision. According to the article, the surgeon first identifies the dominant eye and targets it for distance, while the degree of near correction is guided by factors such as the patient’s age and visual preferences. Patients across Las Vegas and Henderson who are considering monovision LASIK are evaluated individually before any treatment plan is set. The article also explains why monovision is often better tolerated as a surgical correction than through contact lenses, which can dry out, rotate out of position, and incompletely correct astigmatism in
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Henderson Hospital Ends Maternity, NICU Services Sept. 30 as ER Demand Surges
Henderson Hospital will end its maternity and neonatal intensive care unit services by the end of September, hospital officials announced this week, as the facility shifts capacity toward growing demand for emergency and surgical care. Embed Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/Db82F5bm3HV/. The closure is set to take effect around 7 p.m. on...
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Culinary Health Fund opens fourth Las Vegas Valley clinic with new Tropicana center
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — The Culinary Health Fund marked a major expansion of its health care network Thursday with the grand opening of Culinary Health Center – Tropicana, a new two-story medical facility near the Las Vegas Strip aimed at serving Las Vegas working families. Culinary Health Fund...
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Nevada Health Centers adds Saturday clinic hours at two Las Vegas-area locations
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Nevada Health Centers is expanding weekend access to care by offering Saturday hours at two locations in the Las Vegas area on Saturday, Aug. 15. The organization said the added hours are intended to help patients who have difficulty finding time for health care during the week, including families balancing work, school, transportation and childcare.
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Culinary Union opens new Las Vegas health center
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The Culinary Union celebrated the grand opening of a new health center Thursday, expanding primary care options for union members and their families. The two-story facility, located off Tropicana Avenue near Decatur Boulevard, features advanced medical equipment, a drive-through pharmacy, and dozens of rooms for primary care, mental health, dental, and physical therapy services.
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Dr. Suresh Kumar Ponnada named chief medical officer of Southern Hills Hospital
Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center has named Dr. Suresh Ponnada as the new chief medical officer (CMO). In this role, Dr. Ponnada will help lead clinical strategy and support the quality, safety and effectiveness of care delivered throughout the hospital. Staying within HCA Healthcare’s Sunrise Health System, Dr. Ponnada...
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Lawsuit seeks to force Dignity Health to sell stake in Las Vegas ambulance company
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A dispute over who controls one of Southern Nevada’s largest ambulance providers has landed in federal court. Ambulance Management Group LLC is accusing Dignity Health of hiding a corporate change that AMG says gave it the right to buy out Dignity’s stake in the company.
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Las Vegas Hospice Booted From Medicare Over Ties To Sanctioned Provider
OneCare Hospice, LLC has been kicked out of Medicare after a federal administrative law judge upheld a government move to cut off the Las Vegas company, not because its own claims were found fraudulent, but because of its legal ties to another Nevada hospice that had already lost its billing privileges. On top of the revocation, OneCare is staring at a 10-year Medicare reenrollment bar and a spot on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Medicare preclusion list.
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Henderson Ambulance Firm Sues Dignity Health, Says Patients Were Steered for Profit
The company behind Community Ambulance has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Dignity Health of pushing paramedics to route patients toward Dignity-connected hospitals rather than the nearest appropriate facility, and of concealing corporate changes that would have let the ambulance provider buy out its partner's ownership stake. Ambulance Management Group, LLC filed the breach of contract suit on August 5 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, naming Dignity Health, doing business as Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals, as the defendant.
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Local Cardiologist Steve Kibuom Lee Joins Nevada Heart & Vascular Center
LAS VEGAS – Local cardiologist Steve Kibuom Lee has joined the team at Nevada Heart & Vascular Center, Nevada’s largest independent cardiology and vascular practice. Dr. Lee completed his general cardiology fellowship at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he served as chief cardiology fellow. He went on to complete an advanced fellowship in interventional cardiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Southwest Medical Adds Two New Healthcare Providers
LAS VEGAS – Southwest Medical, part of Optum has added two new healthcare providers to help meet the growing need for health services in the Las Vegas community:. Nghi-Binh Ha Le, DPM joins Southwest Medical’s Oakey Healthcare Center (4750 W. Oakey Blvd.) and specializes in podiatry. Stefanie Remson,...