Health Insurance Commissioner office receives $1.1M federal grant

R.I. HEALTH INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, Dr. Kathleen C. Hittner, said the $1.1 million federal grant her office received will  increase the office's capacity to collect, analyze and report relevant data. / PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS
R.I. HEALTH INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, Dr. Kathleen C. Hittner, said the $1.1 million federal grant her office received will increase the office's capacity to collect, analyze and report relevant data. / PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner has been awarded a $1.1 million federal grant from the Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight to support insurance rate review and increase transparency in the pricing of medical services.

The grant will allow the office to continue to enhance and institutionalize Rhode Island’s rate review program, as well as increase its ability to analyze vital information about the health care system, according to a press release about the award.

“Rate Review Cycle IV grant funding will provide needed support as OHIC works to enhance the effectiveness of our rate review process, as well as increase our capacity to collect, analyze and report relevant data,” Health Insurance Commissioner Dr. Kathleen C. Hittner said in a statement.

Over five years, the CCIIO Rate Review Grant program has made $250 million available to states to transform the review process for health insurance premium increases.

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With this latest $1.1 million award, Rhode Island has been awarded a total of $8.6 million from the CCIIO Rate Review Grants.

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