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BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD of Rhode Island is proposing a two-month 10% premium credit for members due to the reduction in medical services utilized during the COVID-19 pandemic.

BCBSRI proposes premium credit for members due to pandemic

Health Services 06/23/2020

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island will be issuing a medical premium credit to members due to a reduced demand...

Oak Street Health opens second Rhode Island center

Health Services 02/09/2020

PROVIDENCE – Oak Street Health cut the ribbon at its second Rhode Island center in collaboration with Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode...

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of R.I. awards $200K to housing...

Health Services 12/20/2019

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has announced $200,000 in grants to five organizations that are working to raise awareness...

PRICE TRANSPARENCY: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island CEO and President Kim A. Keck, center, says while most insurers have tools to share cost information and pass them along to members and providers, price distributions aren’t widely used because when patients have a health issue that needs to be addressed, they aren’t likely to cost-compare and shop for services. Keck is flanked by, from left: UnitedHealthcare of New England CEO Stephen Farrell; R.I. Health Commissioner Marie L. Ganim; Coastal Medical CEO and President Dr. Alan Kurose; and Rhode Island Foundation CEO and President Neil D. Steinberg. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Complexities of price transparency in health care makes it an elusive...

Health Services 11/08/2019

Prices attached to health care services and products need to be more transparent, according to panelists at the Providence Business News 2019 Fall Health...

Blue Cross, Brown partner on survey to measure R.I.’s quality...

Health Services 10/31/2019

PROVIDENCE – A new survey done in partnership between Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and the Brown University School of Public...

New primary care center to serve Medicare patients opens in Warwick

Health Services 09/20/2019

WARWICK – A national network of primary care centers dedicated to Medicare patients has opened a center in Rhode Island. Oak Street Health, in partnership...

Blue Cross announces Langenus as new board chairman

Health Services 08/11/2019

PROVIDENCE – A health care industry veteran has been named as the new chairman of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island’s board...

R.I. Food Bank receives $10K, food items from Blue Cross

Nonprofit 06/28/2019

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Community Food Bank received multiple donations from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island as the nonprofit launched...

THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION announced $2.6 million in grants from its Behavioral Health Fund to six Rhode Island organizations to improve behavioral health care services in the state. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

Rhode Island Foundation awards $2.6M from new Behavioral Health Fund

Health Services 05/20/2019

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation is providing $2.6 million in grants for six organizations to improve behavioral health care in the state, the...