Tag: Department of Health and Human Services
Neronha joins lawsuit against Trump administration cutting medical research funding
BOSTON (AP) – Attorneys general from 22 states, including Rhode Island, filed a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration for slashing funding for medical and...
RIPEC: State has ‘spending problem’
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council on Friday released a report outlining the fiscal challenges now facing lawmakers ahead of the fiscal...
CFPB launches probe into costly credit cards pushed on patients for...
WASHINGTON – Three federal agencies last week launched an investigation into high-cost specialty financial products – such as medical credit cards and installment loans...
Record 16.3M seek health coverage through ‘Obamacare’
WASHINGTON (AP) – A record 16.3 million people sought health insurance through the Affordable Care Act this year, double the number covered when the marketplaces first...
White House pulls the plug on proposed drug-rebate overhaul, CVS stock...
WASHINGTON – The White House abandoned a push to end rebates paid to middlemen who negotiate drug prices on behalf of health insurers, a...
URI launches mental health nurse practitioner master’s program
Nationwide, and here in Rhode Island, the health care industry is suffering from a documented shortage of qualified nurse practitioners.
Employment in the sector across...
R.I. receives $10M increase in opioid-mitigation funding
PROVIDENCE – Sens. Jack F. Reed, D-R.I., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., led an effort to successfully change the grant formula for state opioid-mitigation funding...
Special master appointed to oversee UHIP resolution
PROVIDENCE – U.S. District Judge William Smith appointed Deming Sherman as a special master to oversee the resolution of Rhode Island’s ongoing problems with...
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