Tag: Medicare
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...
Could the state’s life science effort stall at the finish line?
Gov. Daniel J. McKee recently celebrated the $81.7 million opening of the new Ocean State Labs in Providence’s Jewelry District. The labs are a...
PBN health care summit: Multifaceted approach needed to repair R.I.’s ailing...
PROVIDENCE – When primary care providers choose to practice in Massachusetts or Connecticut over Rhode Island, it’s not about luxury.
Across the board, the Ocean...
Could Scituate primary care safety net be an answer for R.I.?
Dr. Michael Fine says he walked into the emergency department at The Miriam Hospital in Providence and saw “people spilling into the halls all...
Brown study finds telehealth access alone isn’t enough to improve rural access to...
PROVIDENCE – An increase in telehealth availability hasn’t translated to improved access to mental health services in rural communities, a new study by Brown University researchers...
Thundermist Health Center joins Community Care Cooperative
WARWICK – Thundermist Health Center recently joined the Community Care Cooperative, also known as C3, which is a nonprofit accountable care organization that supports...
CBO: Federal deficits and debt to worsen over next decade
WASHINGTON (AP) – The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office’s 10-year outlook projects worsening long-term federal deficits and rising debt, driven largely by increased spending, notably on Social...
R.I.’s hospital crisis could deepen
Federal health insurance cuts are poised to amplify dire financial problems at Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, observers say,...
Health subsidies expire, launching millions of Americans into 2026 with steep...
NEW YORK (AP) – Enhanced tax credits that have helped reduce the cost of health insurance for the vast majority of Affordable Care Act...
New bill would expand access to high-quality care for patients of...
PROVIDENCE – U.S. Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and John Barrasso, R-Wyo., have introduced bipartisan legislation known as the ACO Assignment Improvement Act.
The legislation expands...
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