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Medical Facilities

Medical Facility Types

Nevada permits and licenses several types of medical facilities and services as listed below.

State law requires that every person or entity doing business in the State of Nevada, obtain a State Business License or Certificate of Exemption. If you are starting a business, such as one of the medical facilities listed below, please start your business at SilverFlume Nevada's Business Portal at www.nvsilverflume.gov.

Accrediting Organizations

The following accrediting organizations are approved by the Nevada State Board of Health for Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Outpatient Facilities.

External Resources

Survey and Certification (S&C) memoranda: Published by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), these memoranda provide guidance, clarifications and instructions to CMS providers, state survey agencies and CMS regional offices. As a state survey agency, the Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance (HCQC) ensures that medical facilities in Nevada are in compliance with federal law and regulations. S&C memoranda are incorporated into HCQC processes, so medical facilities are encouraged to read S&C memoranda to stay abreast of CMS regulation information in advance of their regular state surveys.

Medicare Learning Network: This link provides access to the archive of emails sent by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding changes in reimbursement to medical facilities for Medicare.

Informal Dispute Resolutions (IDR) 

Administrative Review Policy for Medical Facilities

Informal Dispute Resolutions (IDR) must be offered to skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities and home health agencies in the course of the recertification process whenever deficiencies are cited. IDR must be offered for all deficiencies regardless of the severity and scope scores or condition level deficiencies.

An IDR process will not be offered to facility types other than skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities and home health agencies. Other facility types will have an opportunity to request a hearing on appeal for deficiencies identified in a sanction notice and the prehearing will allow opportunity for informal resolution.