Tag: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
R.I. joins list of states partnering with Centers for Medicare &...
PROVIDENCE – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that Rhode Island, along with 32 other states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto...
CVS Caremark ordered to pay $95M for overbilling Medicare
PROVIDENCE – CVS Caremark, the pharmacy manager of CVS Health Corp., has been ordered to refund the U.S. government $95 million for overbilling Medicare...
Already on life support, hospitals blast McKee’s FY26 proposed funding cuts...
Seventy-two minutes after Gov. Daniel J. McKee released his proposed fiscal 2026 budget on Jan. 16, the state’s hospital trade group fired back.
The Hospital...
Lifespan behind on financial goals; capital improvements to come
PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp. posted a $4.6 million operating income in the second quarter of 2024, but the state’s largest health system has some...
R.I. to get $40.7M for behavioral and mental health services
PROVIDENCE – The state will get $40.7 million in federal funding over the next two years to improve access to behavioral and mental health...
Study: R.I. ranked 20th-worst state for nursing home staffing in U.S.
PROVIDENCE – As nursing facilities nationwide are facing shortages, Rhode Island ranked as the 20th-worst state for senior care staffing, according to a recent...
Neighborhood Health ranked top Medicare-Medicaid health plan in nation
SMITHFIELD – Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island has announced it was rated the top Medicare-Medicaid Health Plan in the nation based on recently...
Amo tours R.I. cancer research lab
PROVIDENCE – Shortly after advocating for cancer treatment technology in Washington, D.C., U.S. Rep. Gabe Amo, D-R.I., received an update from Rhode Island researchers...
Three Lifespan hospitals ranked among America’s Best-In-State hospitals
PROVIDENCE – Newsweek has named Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital and Newport Hospital to its 2024 America’s Best-In-State Hospitals list.
Lifespan Corp. claimed three...
Three R.I. hospitals earn ‘A’ grade, 4 others get ‘B’ from...
PROVIDENCE – Three hospitals in Rhode Island have earned an “A” grade, while four others received a “B” and two more a “C” from...
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