Tag: Medicaid
Neighborhood Health ranked among NCQA’s highest-rated health plans
SMITHFIELD – Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island recently announced that it has been rated 4.5 out of 5 in the National Committee for...
Federal and State Nursing Home Staffing Mandates
Staffing has always been an ongoing challenge in the long-term care industry. However, since the pandemic in January 2020, staffing shortages have been exacerbated....
Care New England reports $2.7M gain in Q3
PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System posted a $2.7 million operating gain in the third quarter of 2024, according to unaudited financial reports...
Hospice provider with Warwick location settles false claims lawsuit for $19.4M
PROVIDENCE – Gentiva, a national hospice provider with a facility in Warwick, has agreed to pay $19.4 million to resolve allegations it knowingly submitted...
New R.I. law protects patients who rely on specialty infusion drugs
Specialty drugs might come in a delicate glass vial in the mail, shipped by a specialty pharmacy in a styrofoam carton cushioned with ice...
State receives $2.5M in federal funds to support child Medicaid services...
PROVIDENCE – Local education agencies across Rhode Island will receive $2.5 million in federal grants from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
Are you satisfied with the fiscal 2025 state budget recently signed...
Gov. Daniel J. McKee on June 17 signed into law a $13.9 billion fiscal 2025 state budget that begins July 1.
The budget reflects a...
Struggling nursing homes mull change in direction to save themselves
Richard Gamache was armed with a plan to save his nursing home this spring. The question was if he had enough time to put...
Neighborhood Health’s Adekeye receives ACAP 2024 Making a Difference Award
SMITHFIELD – The Association for Community Affiliated Plans recently presented Tanitra Adekeye of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island with the organization’s 2024 Making...
Five Questions With: Aaron Robinson
A recently released independent study commissioned by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Foundation, Lifespan Corp., Care New England...