Tag: Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services
HSRI: Stable but will it ever cover costs?
Soon after the state established HealthSource RI in 2014, it was recognized as one of the nation’s most successful health-benefits exchanges in meeting enrollment...
Former R.I. physician convicted of Medicare fraud
BOSTON — A physician and former employee of New England Pain Management Associates, Inc. was convicted Sept. 21 by a federal jury of conspiring...
Pro-Change, RIQI launch weight-loss, tobacco cessation screening pilot
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Pro-Change Behavior Systems Inc. is collaborating with the Rhode Island Quality Institute using a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ grant...
Latest Trump administration action puts health insurance market ‘at risk’
PROVIDENCE – President Donald Trump’s administration is temporarily halting $10.4 billion in Affordable Care Act risk management payments to insurers. The move could have...
R.I. awards $1.3 million to URI for health care workforce training
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Rhode Island’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services has awarded $1.3 million from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
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...
CMS.gov rates South County Hospital R.I.’s sole 5-star institution
WAKEFIELD — South County Hospital earned a five-star rating in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating this month,...
EOHHS receives $1.5M in Mylan qui tam settlement
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Executive Office of Health & Human Services received $1.5 million from the settlement of allegations Mylan Inc. and Mylan Specialty...