Tag: Medicare
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...
Hynson Electrical president sentenced for not paying $1.2M in taxes
PROVIDENCE – The president of a Rhode Island electrical service provider has been sentenced to two years of probation, with six months of detention,...
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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump's budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it...
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