Tag: Executive Office of Health and Human Services
New state law enables insurer reimbursement of public health dental hygienists
PROVIDENCE – State legislation to improve oral health among vulnerable Rhode Islanders by enabling reimbursement eligibility for public health dental hygienists has been signed...
Thrive Behavioral Health alleges misconduct by state health office
PROVIDENCE – Thrive Behavioral Health, which faces accusations of $1.3 million in fraudulent billing, this week alleged that the R.I. Office of Health and...
McKee’s proposed FY2027 budget drops GLP-1 drugs for weight loss from...
Are GLP-1 drugs prescribed for weight loss becoming too outsized a line item for continued coverage through the state Medicaid program? That’s what Gov....
Transfer of Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals to state ownership set for...
The prospective buyer of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital missed the final, court-ordered deadline to close the deal, leaving the fate...
‘There is a way out’ of mental illness; treatment demand growing...
Rivka Reynolds was a longtime activities director for an agency serving people with dementia when a post-traumatic stress disorder forced her to stop working...
Behind the ad blitz to get R.I. lawmakers to reject bills...
A Washington D.C.-based nonprofit spent over $400,000 on ads in the final weeks of the 2025 Rhode Island legislative session to persuade state lawmakers...
R.I. recovers $30M from Purdue Pharma in latest opioid settlement
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has recovered nearly $30 million after all 55 attorneys general representing all eligible states and U.S. territories approved a $7.4...
‘Control deficiencies’ undercounted General Fund’s balance by $83.6M, audit finds
PROVIDENCE – Government agencies across the board failed to account for a combined $83.6 million in General Fund balance at the close of fiscal year...
R.I. Department of Housing deputy secretary stepping down for job in Vermont
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Deputy Housing Secretary Deborah Flannery is stepping down after less than 12 months on the job.
Housing Department spokeswoman Emily Marshall on...
McKee signs several health care bills into law
CRANSTON – Gov. Daniel J. McKee signed a package of health care bills into law Friday.
The seven-bill package includes six that were part of...
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