Tag: Medicare
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...
PBN Health Summit panel: Could R.I. fix doctor shortage by looking...
Despite the state’s ongoing shortage of primary care providers, Rhode Island’s largest health system has seen success in recruiting doctors from surrounding states. However,...
Five Questions With: Aaron Robinson
Aaron Robinson | CEO and president, South County Health
1. Access to care in Rhode Island is at a crisis point, especially in primary...
HOSPITAL MAKEOVERS: Health systems look for shot in the arm from...
The administrative wing of The Miriam Hospital on Providence’s East Side is a mess these days, and hospital President Maria Ducharme couldn’t be happier...
Partisan division rules with no end in sight for federal government...
WASHINGTON (AP) – A vote to swiftly end the government shutdown failed Wednesday, as Democrats in the Senate held firm to the party’s demands to fund...
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