Tag: BCBSRI
Blue Cross lays off 30 employees, reports $115M loss in FY...
PROVIDENCE – After reporting a $115 million net loss in fiscal year 2024, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island announced plans to...
BCBSRI, Brown launch Rhode Island Voices
PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and Brown University’s School of Public Health have partnered on an offshoot of the...
BCBSRI grants $225K to Bradley for youth mental health services
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...
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
PROVIDENCE – Health insurers doing business in Rhode Island have submitted their requests for rate increases for 2020, the R.I. Office of the Health...
BCBSRI grants $218K to anti-obesity programs
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
PROVIDENCE — An internal task force at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has identified 40 percent of emergency department visits it...
BCBSRI, Chicago-based Oak Street Health plan 3 R.I. Medicare primary care...
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...
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
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’...