Tag: Medicaid
R.I. healthcare system struggles to make recovery
Massive cuts to insurance, persistent staffing shortages and widespread financial woes continue to vex Rhode Island’s healthcare system in 2026, though the Ocean State...
Most-read stories on PBN.com, July 2026
1. Historic Hotel Providence sells for $10.25M
POSTED ONLINE: JULY 7. The historic Hotel Providence is under new ownership for the first time in 11...
Driving Forces: Martha L. Wofford
Martha L. Wofford
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island CEO and president
IN MANY WAYS, the direction of Rhode Island’s healthcare sector depends heavily...
Audit flags 71 issues in R.I.’s handling of $7B in federal...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island auditors flagged 71 issues in the state’s handling of more than $7 billion in federal funds for fiscal 2025, including...
RIPEC: Medicaid spending on the rise despite enrollment decline
PROVIDENCE – Already representing over one-third of the budget, state spending on Medicaid remains on an unsustainable trajectory, projected to increase nearly three times...
Restore access to obesity management meds
Throughout my career in public service, I have been dedicated to making Rhode Island a place where every resident and family can succeed. Access...
2 Dominican nationals sentenced for fraudulently obtaining federal benefits
PROVIDENCE – Two Dominican nationals have each been sentenced to time in federal prison for stealing identities of American citizens to fraudulently obtain Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
Cross-border toll: Brown Health’s Mass. facilities have lost millions; will it...
When state Rep. Lauren H. Carson saw Brown University Health’s financial performance earlier this year, she was fuming.
Rhode Island’s largest health system reported a...
Despite older politicians, many older Americans are losing ground
American political leadership skews decidedly older than the population as a whole. President Donald Trump turned 80 years old on June 14. The median...
Neronha joins lawsuit challenging new Medicaid work requirements
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, along with 23 other state attorneys general and two governors, joined a lawsuit on Monday challenging the...
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