Tag: Medicare
Report: Federal judge orders CVS’ Omnicare to pay $949M for fraudulent...
PROVIDENCE – A federal judge has ordered CVS Health Corp.'s Omnicare Inc. unit to pay $949 million as part of a whistleblower lawsuit claiming...
POWER SURGE: AG Neronha has asserted his authority in the name...
Peter F. Neronha is in the homestretch of his second – and final – term as Rhode Island’s attorney general, and his workload is...
Health insurers promise to improve coverage reviews that prompt delays and...
The nation’s major health insurers are promising to scale back and improve a widely despised practice that leads to care delays and complications.
UnitedHealthcare, CVS...
R.I. Senior Medicare Patrol recognizes Medicare Fraud Prevention Week
CRANSTON – Fraud costs Medicare about $60 billion a year and burdens beneficiaries with stress, time constraints, and threats to their medical identity and...
Fitch upgrades Care New England’s bonds, Issuer Default Rating to ‘BB’
PROVIDENCE – Fitch Ratings recently upgraded its long-term rating on Care New England Health System’s bonds to “BB” from “BB-.”
The rating applies to $101.5...
Trump signs executive order aimed to lower prescription drug costs
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order setting a 30-day deadline for drugmakers to lower the cost of prescription drugs in the...
OHIC: hospital, drug costs drove jump in health care spending
CRANSTON – Hospital and drug costs were the main drivers of a 7.8% rise in health care spending in 2023, according to a report...
Is Anchor Medical’s closure spurring action to solve primary care?
The looming closure of Anchor Medical Associates has highlighted a critical dilemma facing Rhode Island’s health system: Tens of thousands of patients are in...
Warwick pain management clinic owners indicted on fraud charges
PROVIDENCE – A federal grand jury has indicted two owners of a Warwick pain management clinic on health care fraud charges for allegedly defrauding...
Hospitals see benefits to bringing care home
When 90-year-old Doris Witt was taken to the hospital a few weeks ago because she was having trouble breathing, the elderly Warwick resident wasn’t...