NEVADA | 50 States of Population Health

“The most pressing health concern in the Las Vegas market is access to primary care and a lack of primary care physicians. There simply aren’t enough physicians to serve our large and growing community. Nevada’s physician-to-population rank is 47th in the nation. The rate of primary care physicians in Nevada per 100,000 population is 49th in the nation, while Nevada’s rate of physicians in general surgery per 100,000 population is 50th in the nation, according to the Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau. To meet the physician need, MountainView Hospital launched a Graduate Medical Education program in 2015 to focus on residency programs in critically needed specialties. MountainView recently received accreditation for its first residency program — Internal Medicine — from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Residents accepted into the MountainView Internal Medicine GME program will begin in July 2016. Approximately 20 first-year and 20 second-year residents are expected to be selected. In anticipation of residents joining MountainView, we launched GME clinics, including internal medicine, general surgery and family medicine. In the long-term, offering medical students more options in Nevada for their residency will attract more physicians in Nevada. We anticipate this program will help enhance the local supply of physicians serving southern Nevada and help to improve patient care access for the Las Vegas community. HCA also recently announced the acquisition of Urgent Care Extra’s Nevada operations, which include 14 urgent care centers in Las Vegas and six additional urgent care centers that are under development. The acquisition continues to help improve patient access.

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