More oversight urged for Medicare Advantage plans
The studies are of interest to anyone concerned about health care and public spending. But for Rhode Island, where Medicare Advantage plans cover a...
Ex-Blue Cross executive to head R.I. Free Clinic
PROVIDENCE – Lynne A. Urbani, one of four veteran Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island executives who left the company a year...
R.I. Hospital recognized for bariatric surgery
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital last month was named as a “Blue Distinction Center” for bariatric surgery by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of...
New CMS rule lets states redesign Medicaid
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have issued a final regulation they say gives states “unprecedented flexibility” in designing their...
Five Questions With: George E. Wright
George E. Wright is celebrating an anniversary. His financial planning business, Diversified Resources LLC, has been operating for 25 years. Wright, a certified financial...
LGC&D honored for community work
PROVIDENCE – The CPA firm of Lefkowitz, Garfinkel, Champi and DeRienzo was recently honored as an “outstanding philanthropic business,” with less than 250 employees,...
Fitch assigns ‘AA-‘ rating to Mass. housing bonds
NEW YORK – Fitch Ratings has assigned an “AA-” rating to the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency’s $48.6 million housing bonds, 2008 series B.
The...
Warwick-based CPA honored by magazine
WARWICK – CPA Magazine has selected Gregory Porcaro as one of the top 50 IRS practitioners in the country.
Porcaro has been the principal...
Webster looks to engage customers online
WATERBURY, Conn. – Webster Bank says it has launched an online feature that will offer “two-way dialogue” between the bank’s top executive and its...
Medicare Advantage made extra profit<br> in 2006, GAO finds
WASHINGTON – Insurers offering Medicare Advantage plans made $1.3 billion more in profits in 2006 than their own bids projected, a new report from...