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Attention All Providers Furnishing Care to Incarcerated Individuals
Nevada Medicaid·NV·Provider Announcement
Effective date
Nov 14, 2025
We identified it
Jun 21, 2026
Summary
Nevada Medicaid clarifies billing rules for incarcerated individuals: only inpatient hospital, nursing facility, juvenile psychiatric, or intermediate care facility services are reimbursable when inmates are admitted for 24+ hours. All outpatient services, emergency department visits, observation status, and ambulance transport are not covered.
Action Required
Immediately: Billing team must verify patient incarceration status before submitting claims. For incarcerated patients, only bill Nevada Medicaid for inpatient admissions lasting 24+ hours at hospitals, nursing facilities, juvenile psychiatric facilities, or intermediate care facilities. Do not submit claims for outpatient services, ED visits, observation status, or ambulance transport for this population - these will be denied.