R.I. receives $130M to improve health care

PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will award $129.5 million to Rhode Island over five years, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced Nov. 28.

The funds will be distributed to the state, based on matching dollar-for-dollar on investments being made here for health care for Medicaid patients; approximately 290,000 individuals are enrolled in Medicaid, said Elizabeth Roberts, secretary of the R.I. Executive Office of Health and Human Services.

According to EOHHS, a maximum of $20.5 million will support a transitional program to help hospitals and nursing facilities transition to Accountable Care Organizations. The balance, including about $6 million for health care workforce-development curricula and programming at state colleges and universities, will support the further development of ACOs, administrative costs by the state and smaller state programs eligible for federal matching funds. •

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