Tag: behavioral health
Short-stay unit at Butler to ease burden at ERs
Normally, the auditorium at Butler Hospital in Providence is a gathering spot for conferences and panel discussions on behavioral health issues. But in early...
R.I. Foundation grants $350K to 45 Newport County nonprofits
NEWPORT – The Rhode Island Foundation announced Wednesday that 45 local nonprofits will share $350,000 in grants from the Newport County Fund.
The recipients are...
Outgoing R.I. Foundation leader: State’s economic prospects grim without better education,...
PROVIDENCE – For 15 years, Neil D. Steinberg has helmed Rhode Island’s largest funder of nonprofits.
The 69-year-old former banker also has been at the...
R.I. AG files second challenge against federal behavioral health insurance ruling
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha is renewing a multistate effort to challenge limits on insurance coverage for behavioral health and substance...
McKee announces $20M grant program to address housing, hunger, behavioral health
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee along with state officials Thursday announced a new $20 million grant program through the Rhode Island Foundation that...
Blue Cross, Butler partner on behavioral health transition program
PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island members who are discharged from Butler Hospital after a behavioral health-related stay can now...
BCBSRI levels behaviorial health copays with primary care, lifts approval rule
PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is making behavioral health doctor visit copays the same cost as primary care and...
Pro-Change joins True Health Initiative to mitigate disease through behavior
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Internationally recognized behavioral influence company Pro-Change Behavior Systems Inc., has joined the True Health Initiative, combining their respective efforts on preventing...
Healthcentric wins $390,000 contract to train staff at 13 local nursing...
PROVIDENCE — Healthcentric Advisors, a Rhode Island based nonprofit specializing in healthcare quality improvement, has been awarded a two-year, $390,000 Special Innovation Project with...
