Tag: Medicare
Warwick clinical social worker sentenced for defrauding patients, insurers out of...
PROVIDENCE – A local clinical social worker has been sentenced to three years of supervised release for her role in a scheme that defrauded...
Divided views on for-profit company buying R.I. nursing homes
Two struggling skilled nursing facilities are on track to be sold to a Massachusetts-based company, reigniting the debate over whether businesses looking to maximize...
R.I. Senate leaders unveil 9-bill health care package
PROVIDENCE – The state’s Senate leaders have unveiled another legislative package aimed at improving health care access and affordability.
The unveiling of the nine-bill package...
White House rescinds order freezing federal grants
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump's budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it...
Kingston Center closes amid plans to transition ownership
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A 55-bed skilled nursing facility in the West Kingston section of town closed earlier this month as it was in the...
All commercial prescriptions at CVS to be reimbursed through CostVantage
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. recently announced that beginning this year, all of the commercial prescriptions dispensed through CVS Pharmacy will be contracted through...
Ex-CEO of recovery center sentenced to 8 years in prison
PROVIDENCE – The former CEO of a now defunct addiction treatment organization has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for...
Study: Hospital payment caps could save millions for state employee health...
PROVIDENCE – State employee health plans could save more than $7 billion across the U.S. by capping hospital payments to 200% of the Medicare...
PBN summit panel: Weaknesses exposed in R.I.’s primary care system
Sen. Pamela J. Lauria, D-Barrington, says she could easily make the drive from her home in Barrington to Massachusetts and make much more money...
Sheldon Whitehouse wins a fourth term in the U.S. Senate; Amo...
Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse won reelection to a fourth term to the U.S. Senate and Democrats held on to both U.S. House seats in Rhode...
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