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Four R.I. hospitals penalized for high patient injury, infection rates

PROVIDENCE — Four Rhode Island hospitals have been penalized with a 1 percent reduction in Medicare payments for fiscal 2018 by the federal Centers...
WORKING THROUGH THE NIGHT on Tuesday, Dec. 19, and then through the early afternoon on Wednesday, Congress delivered a $1.5 trillion tax cut bill to President Donald Trump for his signature. / BLOOMBERG NEWS PHOTO/ZACH GIBSON

Congress sends Trump tax-cut bill in first GOP legislative win

WASHINGTON – House Republicans passed the most extensive rewrite of the U.S. tax code in more than 30 years – hours after the Senate...
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has passed the GOP's tax bill. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

Senate passes U.S. tax overhaul, putting GOP on brink of big...

WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans passed the most extensive rewrite of the U.S. tax code in more than 30 years, a bill that delivers a...
THE FEDERAL ENROLLMENT period for Affordable Care Act insurance plans officially ends Friday. States with their own exchanges may observe separate deadlines. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

Obamacare sign-ups extended for some amid long wait times Friday

NEW YORK - Some Americans will be given several extra days to sign up for Obamacare insurance plans after the federal enrollment period officially...
SURPLUS: With most Rhode Island hospitals experiencing a decline in patients since 2006, and falling demand for inpatient services, the state has a surplus of hospital beds. Shown above is a patient room from The Miriam Hospital in Providence. / COURTESY ­LIFESPAN CORP.

Hospital demand falls, industry groups differ on whether to embrace trend

Officials and an expert analysis agree Rhode Island has a hospital-bed surplus coupled with a trend toward diminishing demand for inpatient services, but local...
HEALTHSOURCE RI reports a growing number of younger ACA enrollees this year.

HSRI reports more, younger Affordable Care Act enrollees

PROVIDENCE — HealthSource RI, the state-based Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange, reports more than three times the number of new enrollees since this...
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Five Questions With Zachary W. Sherman

Zachary W. Sherman | Director, HealthSource RI 1. What is the biggest change in the 2018 marketplace? Is it the cost increases created by the...
ENROLLMENT IN AFFORDABLE Care Act plans has increased 47 percent year over year in the first two weeks of open enrollment. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/DANIEL ACKER

Obamacare sign-ups stay strong with 47% increase in week 2

NEW YORK - Americans signed up for Obamacare at a brisk pace for a second straight week, an early sign that Republican efforts to...
ENROLLMENT FOR OBAMACARE increased more than 30 percent compared to the first five days of signup in 2016.. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

Affordable Care Act enrollment starts stronger than 2016 in first 4...

NEW YORK - Americans signed up for Obamacare plans at a brisk pace early in this year’s open-enrollment period, despite repeated White House efforts...
HEALTHSOURCE RI reported a greater than 80 percent of eligible health plans auto-renewal of 2017 enrollees and 6,000 calls since open enrollment for health insurance began Nov. 1.

HSRI renews 80% of eligible 2017 enrollees for 2018

PROVIDENCE — HealthSource RI, the state-based Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange, reported a greater than 80 percent auto-renewal of 2017 enrollees and 6,000...
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