Tag: Medicare
New bill introduced to protect seniors on Medicare
PROVIDENCE – A new bill introduced by a state lawmaker would protect seniors on Medicare, preventing them from being denied supplemental coverage or from...
Recovery Connections Centers CEO, employee arrested on federal health care fraud...
PROVIDENCE – Two top officials of a local addiction treatment organization have been taken into custody Thursday on charges of carrying out what federal...
Report: CVS to purchase Oak Street Health for $10.5B
PROVIDENCE – CVS Health Corp. is close to an agreement to purchase primary care company Oak Street Health for around $10.5 billion including debt,...
VNA of Care New England earns 5-star rating for experience
PROVIDENCE – The VNA of Care New England earned a five-star rating for patient experience in a recent survey.
The ratings are determined by results...
Lots of sound and fury on U.S. debt, but not a...
WASHINGTON (AP) – For all the sound and fury about raising the nation's debt limit, most economists say federal borrowing is not at a...
Five Questions With: Melissa Cummings
Melissa Cummings is the executive vice president and chief customer officer at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island. She discusses Blue Cross’ Medicare...
Nurse admits to $4.4M health care fraud scheme
PROVIDENCE – A registered nurse and nurse practitioner who fraudulently billed commercial health insurers and Medicare nearly $4.4 million for services in Rhode Island...
Humana Medicare plans available in Rhode Island starting 2023
NEWPORT – Humana Inc. is expanding in Rhode Island, offering Medicare health plans to the eligible residents of three Rhode Island counties for the...
CVS to buy home health-care provider Signify for $8 billion
DALLAS (AP) – Drugstore operator CVS Health Corp. said Monday that it will buy home-health provider Signify Health for $8 billion.
CVS said Signify has...
Five Questions With: Christina Pitney
Christina Pitney, senior vice president for government programs at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, discusses the insurer’s 5-Star Medicare plans, including...
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