Silver Summit outlines managed-care rollout, transportation and value-added benefits for rural Medicaid

Silver Summit Health Plan officials told the Lyon County Board of Health on Sept. 4 that the insurer will expand its Nevada Medicaid network into rural counties in January 2026 and emphasized network building, continuity of care and nonemergency transportation as priorities.

Lisonbee Hoover, Silver Summit's director of network development and maintenance, said the plan has been in Nevada since 2017 and that the company seeks to enroll local providers, use local provider-relations staff and offer telehealth options. "Our goal is to scour the Nevada Medicaid file to assure that we are reaching out to and trying to work with every single provider," Hoover said.

Christina Galan, Silver Summit manager of provider relations, described a county-level "roadshow" to meet critical-access hospitals, rural health clinics and…