Tag: Medicaid
Wood River Health Services names Croke president, CEO
HOPKINTON – South Kingstown resident Alison L. Croke is the new president and CEO of Wood River Health Services, which provides primary care, pediatrics,...
ACLU of Rhode Island settles suit against state on behalf of...
PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has ended its class-action lawsuit against the state claiming its Medicare Premium Payment Program kicked people...
Report: Rhode Island Hospital among 50 top cardiovascular hospitals in...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital has been named to IBM Watson Health’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals 2019 Winner List, the only one in Rhode Island and...
Study: Clinica Esperanza BTG program could save R.I. health care system...
PROVIDENCE – In a new report slated to be published in the upcoming November edition of the Rhode Island Medical Journal, the Clinica Esperanza/Hope...
Health groups upgrade R.I. hepatitis C Medicaid access to ‘A-’
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Executive Office of Health and Human Services removed all restrictions on curative hepatitis C treatments for its Medicaid patients on...
Obamacare poised for booster shot
Health spending accounts for 18 percent of U.S. gross domestic product, and disagreements about government’s role in paying for these costs and ensuring coverage...
Why a work requirement hurts the poor
There’s been a lot of talk recently about adding work requirements for in-kind welfare programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides...
Local health care costs target of new state collaboration
PROVIDENCE - The cost of health care in the Ocean State will be examined by a coalition of four academic, industry and state government...
Matt Brown wants R.I.’s governor to focus less on business interests...
Matt Brown, a longtime activist for social, educational and environmental causes, wants to bring that mission to the top level of state government next...
R.I. expands coverage of hepatitis C-fighting drugs to all Medicaid enrollees
PROVIDENCE — When Medicaid enrollee Michelle Giron was denied coverage for hepatitis C-curing drugs the second time in May, she and the Rhode Island...