Tag: ACA
ACA insurers’ rate increases tempered despite uncertainty
PROVIDENCE – Rate increase requests from the two insurers participating in the individual health insurance market were 10.7 and 8.7 percent for Blue Cross...
OHIC lists health insurance rate increase requests for 2019
PROVIDENCE — The R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner has released the rate increase requests of the state’s four largest insurers for individual,...
Keeping moms, babies healthy
When Kathleen F. Moren moved to Rhode Island from Chicago in the late 1990s, she found the state lacked services for new mothers.
In 1999,...
Perry’s marketing prowess expands HealthSource RI ranks
RISING STAR | Kyrie Perry, HealthSource R.I., chief public affairs officer
HealthSource R.I. bucked enrollment expectations for 2018, growing paying enrollees in its individual health...
OHIC reducing small-business rates for suspended health insurance tax in Q4
Correction: A previous version of this story mischaracterized estimated savings for businesses due to the suspension of a federal health insurance tax that had...
Of primary concern for region’s health: primary care and cost
A major goal of the Affordable Care Act was to help more people get health insurance. And on that score, it was quite successful.
But...
Banks need to embrace uncertainty
Is banking a technology industry? More and more, that seems to be the case.
For years, banks and credit unions have been building their digital...
Kilmartin files motion against ACA federal lawsuit filed in Texas
PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin, joined by 15 attorneys general, has filed a motion to intervene in Texas et al. v. United...
PBN 2018 Spring Health Care Summit examines strategic, legislative hurdles to...
PROVIDENCE — Panelists at the 2018 Spring Providence Business News Health Care Summit at the Providence Marriott Friday morning agreed primary care physicians suffer...
HSRI: Paying customers up 5%
PROVIDENCE — HealthSource RI, the state’s Affordable Care Act exchange, reported that paying customers increased by 5 percent in 2018, with 18-34 -year-olds making...
















