Tag: Medicaid
At hospitals, both management and residents feeling financial woes
While lawmakers on Smith Hill were busy putting the final touches on the state’s fiscal 2027 $15.2 billion budget, a first-of-its-kind labor action was...
Senate OKs bill removing administrative barriers to opioid treatment
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Senate on May 3 approved legislation sponsored by Sen. Lori Urso, D-Pawtucket, that would prohibit health insurance companies from requiring...
OHIC report finds gaps in primary care access, spending in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Access to primary care in Rhode Island remains uneven and strained, with provider shortages and gaps in preventive care persisting across the...
Care New England cutting more than 30 leadership, nonclinical jobs
PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System is eliminating more than 30 leadership and nonclinical positions, a move the health system said was made...
Brown Health cites higher costs, lower patient volumes for $18.8M Q2...
PROVIDENCE – Brown University Health on Tuesday reported an $18.8 million operating loss in the second quarter of its fiscal year 2026 as an...
Report: R.I. healthcare spending reached historic high in 2024
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island healthcare spending surged to a historic high of 9.1% in 2024, according to a new report from the R.I. Office...
Early detection is vital to saving lives, reducing health costs
The New England Council recently hosted a forum in Boston exploring some of the incredible innovations in our region focused on the early detection...
Demand for doulas in R.I. rises after insurance change
What a difference a few years have made for doulas in Rhode Island.
Doulas provide physical and emotional support to expectant mothers, before, during and...
Summit panelists: R.I. trying to chip away at the many health...
When primary care nurse practitioner and state Sen. Pamela Lauria, D-Bristol, sees patients with urgent symptoms, she finds that a potential medical emergency isn’t...
Health care panel: Team approach needed to make system fixes
It doesn’t take a clinical degree to diagnose why Rhode Island has difficulty retaining health care providers who completed their education in the Ocean...
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