About NVHA

Who Are We

The Nevada Health Authority (NVHA) was established in the 2025 state legislative session with the passage of Senate Bill 494. The purpose of this new agency has been resoundingly clear since the beginning when it was proposed by Governor Joe Lombardo: to unify similarly aligned agencies to leverage the state’s buying power, lower healthcare costs for Nevadans, bring more providers to the state, improve health care quality, and streamline services and programs. Our goal is to accomplish these goals while staying true to our values of public service, fiscal discipline, and accountable leadership.  

Meet the team

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“This new authority will capitalize on the broad and strong purchasing power of the state when it comes to health insurance. Leveraging that power enables us to cut a better deal for taxpayers while offering better insurance options for Medicaid members, those Nevadans enrolled in the exchange." 

- Governor Joe Lombardo’s state of state speech, Jan. 15, 2025.

Strategic Plan (Coming soon)

Divisions and Programs

Consumer Health Services

This Division is responsible for overseeing the "front door" to accessing coverage programs in Nevada, including the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange, Nevada Medicaid, and the Battle Born State Plans. It also oversees the state's Patient Protection Commission and works to improve health insurance literacy in Nevada. 

Nevada Medicaid

This Division is responsible for administering the state’s Medicaid program which provides no-cost health care coverage to about one in four eligible Nevadans.  

Health Care Purchasing and Compliance

This Division is responsible for overseeing state licensure for health facilities, Medicaid Inspector General Office, compliance activities for NVHA coverage programs, and the implementation of the state’s strategy for leveraging the state’s buying power to get a better deal for Nevadans with respect to health care coverage.  

Public Employees Benefits Program

This Division is responsible for administering the state’s insurance programs for state employees and retirees, including the state’s self-insured health insurance plan.

Other Programs

NVHA is also home to the Office of Data Analytics, Governor’s Developmental Disabilities Council and Graduate Medical Education Advisory Committee, among other health care related efforts related to expanding the state’s health care workforce.