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BRADLEY HOSPITAL will receive $225,000 from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island over five years for the Pediatric Psychiatry Resource Network over five years. / COURTESY LIFESPAN

BCBSRI grants $225K to Bradley for youth mental health services

Health Services 07/30/2019

PROVIDENCE – Bradley Hospital will receive $225,000 in support from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island to enhance and expand the Pediatric...

BCBSRI to add PCP scores for cost efficiency and quality in...

Health Services 07/12/2019

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is adding primary care performance ratings for in-network doctors to its online “Find a...

OHIC reveals proposed insurance rate changes for 2020

Government 06/21/2019

PROVIDENCE – Health insurers doing business in Rhode Island have submitted their requests for rate increases for 2020, the R.I. Office of the Health...

BLUE CORSS & BLUE SHIELD of Rhode Island BlueAngel Grants program has awarded $218,000 to local organizations to fight obesity and promote healthy eating.

BCBSRI grants $218K to anti-obesity programs

Health Services 01/23/2019

PROVIDENCE — Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has awarded $218,000 through its BlueAngel Community Health Grants to nine organizations encouraging physical...

BCBSRI finds that 40% of its covered emergency visits unnecessary

Health Services 12/20/2018

PROVIDENCE — An internal task force at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has identified 40 percent of emergency department visits it...

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF RHODE ISLAND and Oak Street Health will open three primary care health centers for Medicare patients in Rhode Island in 2019. Above, a view of an Oak Street Health center's front desk in Ashburn, Ill. / COURTESY TORI SOPER

BCBSRI, Chicago-based Oak Street Health plan 3 R.I. Medicare primary care...

Health Services 11/15/2018

PROVIDENCE — Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is partnering with Chicago-based Oak Street Health, a network of primary care centers serving...

BCBSRI utilization review for mental health and substance-use disorder found deficient...

Government 09/17/2018

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island’s processes for approving coverage of services – known as utilization review – were found...

OHIC: BCBSRI to contribute $5M to Behavioral Health Fund

Health Services 09/04/2018

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner, in the middle of a market conduct examination of the state’s four major insurers’...

Retired BCBSRI CEO Peter Andruszkiewicz paid $1.1M after leaving

Health Services 08/02/2018

PROVIDENCE — Peter Andruszkiewicz, former president and CEO at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, was paid incentive payments and severance totaling...