Nevada Preferred Healthcare Providers (Nevada Preferred), the only Nevada-based, independent statewide PPO network is the result of a partnership between Catholic Healthcare West and Universal Health Services, Inc., who joined their Nevada medical PPO network businesses August 1, 2009. Nevada Preferred now owns and manages the well-known networks of:
The joint venture between CHW and UHS, Inc. brings together years of experience with the union of two of the most well-respected managed-care organizations in Nevada to form Nevada Preferred. The new network serves over 150,000 members in the metropolitan and rural areas of Nevada, enhancing opportunities to meet the state's healthcare needs. Nevada Preferred competes effectively by offering a stable, comprehensive, statewide network of quality providers, innovative pricing methods and greater automation. Nevada Preferred's core business is to provide network products to self-funded employer groups, third party administrators and insurance companies.