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BETTER COVERAGE: R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner Marie L. Ganim speaks at the PBN Health Care Summit at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick in October 2017. Ganim’s office is completing reports on the state’s four largest health insurers to ensure they are following proper standards and regulations in covering the treatment of mental illnesses and drug addiction.   / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Conduct exams lead to positive changes in insurance coverage for behavioral...

Financial Services 01/18/2019

State reports are expected by this spring on the remaining three of Rhode Island’s four largest health insurers to determine how well they have...

HEALTH REFORM: The focus of the second panel of participants at the Health Care Summit at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick on Oct. 30 was health care reform and the insurance market, especially in light of the passing of the Republican tax cut bill in 2017 that removes the penalty for not signing up for health care in 2019. From left: Marc Spooner, executive vice president, commercial and government products, Tufts Health Plan; R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner Marie L. Ganim; HealthSource RI Director Zachary W. Sherman; Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island Chief Growth Officer Dave Burnett; Daniel Moynihan, vice president, contracting, Lifespan; and Coastal Medical CEO Dr. Alan Kurose.  / PBN PHOTO/PAMELA BHATIA

‘Confusion’ over ACA’s future threatens market stability

Government 11/09/2018

A weakened individual mandate for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act taking effect next year remains a potent threat to local health care...

OHIC approves 2019 health insurance rates, including mostly increases but some...

Government 08/17/2018

CRANSTON – The Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner published the approved commercial health insurance rates for 2019 on Friday, saying that the rates...

OHIC: Short-term health plans not approved for sale in R.I.

Government 08/01/2018

PROVIDENCE - The Trump Administration’s plan to expand access to short-term, limited duration health plans which omit coverage mandated by the Affordable Care Act...

HEALTH INSURANCE COMMISSIONER Marie L. Ganim announced that she has instructed insurers to refile lower rates on group plans renewing in the fourth quarter of 2018 to reflect the recent suspension of the federal health insurance tax. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

OHIC reducing small-business rates for suspended health insurance tax in Q4

Health Services 04/18/2018

Correction: A previous version of this story mischaracterized estimated savings for businesses due to the suspension of a federal health insurance tax that had...

INDUSTRY CONCERNS: Members of the second panel at the 2018 Spring Providence Business News Health Care Summit discuss cost-of-care concerns in the industry. From left, Al Charbonneau, executive director of the Rhode Island Business Group on Health; David Burnett, acting chief operating officer for Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island; and R.I. Health Commissioner Marie L. Ganim.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Summit: More questions than answers on health care cost savings

Government 04/13/2018

While the Affordable Care Act still requires people to buy health insurance, the Republican tax bill signed into law late last year zeroed out...

MARIE L. GANIM, Rhode Island health insurance commissioner, remains confident her office can control health care costs despite a report saying Partner HealthCare's acquisition of Care New England will negatively impact commercial insurance rates in the state. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ RUPERT WHITELEY

Report: CNE financial woes threaten R.I. health care affordability

Health Services 03/14/2018

PROVIDENCE – An analysis of Partners HealthCare of Massachusetts’ proposed acquisition of Care New England predicts the latter’s financial losses will inspire Partners to...

MARIE L. GANIM, the Rhode Island Health Insurance Commissioner, pictured here during the Oct. 5, 2017, PBN Health Care Summit. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ RUPERT WHITELEY

OHIC lists new goals for providers on patient-centered medical homes, risk-based...

Health Services 01/31/2018

PROVIDENCE — The Office of Health Insurance Commissioner has issued the 2018 requirements for its Care Transformation and Alternative Payment Methodology Plans, updates intended...

HIGHER RATES: The Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner has approved 18-20 percent increases in health insurance rates for silver-level plans in the individual marketplace, due to the elimination of cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers from the federal government. / BLOOMBERG  FILE PHOTO/ ANDREW HARRER

OHIC’s approach saves R.I.ers significant financial pain

Editorials 10/27/2017

It might seem counterintuitive to praise Health Insurance Commissioner Marie L. Ganim for keeping the average cost increases in 2018 for the benchmark silver...

THE OFFICE OF THE HEALTH Insurance Commissioner and HealthSource RI announced that new rates for silver-level plans in the individual health insurance market place will increase 18-20 percent due to the elimination of Cost Sharing Reduction payments to insurers from the federal government. However, these increases will largely be offset by federal tax credits as mandated by law. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

OHIC announces new 2018 rates in response to Trump’s CSR cut

Government 10/25/2017

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner has approved new rates increases for HealthSource RI’s silver-level health plans sold on the...

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