Tag: Medicaid
Report: Wait times for R.I. Medicaid recipients longest in New England
PROVIDENCE – Wait times for Rhode Island Medicaid recipients to speak with state officials is the worst in New England, according to a WPRI-TV...
Report: 7,000 R.I. residents removed from Medicaid since April
PROVIDENCE – So far, 7,000 Rhode Island residents have been removed from Medicaid since April 1, when the state began a renewal process that...
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2 Rhode Island nursing homes file for receivership, citing ‘inability to...
PROVIDENCE – Two Rhode Island nursing homes have filed for receivership, declaring their “inability to pay debts as they come due.”
However, neither residents nor...
Do state leaders need to provide more financial support to Rhode...
The 120-bed Charlesgate Nursing Center in Providence in May announced plans to close. If the state does not intervene, it would be the sixth...
HELP WANTED: There are 1,700 unfilled state jobs, but has anyone...
Stacy Smith says the job for “front-line” workers at the R.I. Department of Human Services isn’t easy in normal times, but the labor market...
Coastal Medical Physicians’ Reakes creates a healthy environment for patients and...
PBN 2023 Business Women Awards
HEALTH CARE SERVICES INDUSTRY LEADER: Debra Reakes | Coastal Medical Physicians director of quality
FOR DEBRA REAKES, the director of...
McKee signs bill to fund abortion coverage for state workers and...
PROVIDENCE (AP) – Gov. Daniel J. McKee signed a bill into law Thursday that would let state funds be used to pay for health...
Kicked off Medicaid: Millions at risk as states trim rolls
WASHINGTON (AP) – Days out from a surgery and with a young son undergoing chemotherapy, Kyle McHenry was scrambling to figure out if his...
Health insurers will soon have option to start charging for COVID...
For the past three years, grabbing an over-the-counter or laboratory COVID-19 test has been easy, relatively quick and entirely free. But soon, some Rhode...
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