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Health care still eating the economy

Health care costs are not as much in the news nowadays. A big reason might be that cost growth has slowed in recent years....

City, retirees projected to save $700K by switching drug plan to...

FALL RIVER – The city and its retirees are projected to save approximately $700,000 over the next two years by switching a drug insurance...

United Way hosts free Medicare open-enrollment events in Providence

PROVIDENCE – Open enrollment for 2019 Medicare coverage begins Oct. 15, so United Way of Rhode Island has scheduled five Saturday events to help...
BETTER ­RANKINGS: Shayla Durfey, third-year medical student at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, is a co-author of a study that finds that federal rankings for cost-saving Medicare Advantage Plans improve when adjusted for race, neighborhood poverty and social risk.  
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MICHAEL SALERNO

Brown study: Adjusting Medicare Advantage Plan scores for race, poverty a...

Federal rankings for cost-saving Medicare Advantage Plans improve when adjusted for race, neighborhood poverty and social risk, increasing reimbursement rates for companies offering them,...

New Medicare cards replace Social Security numbers to protect beneficiaries

PROVIDENCE – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is mailing new Medicare cards this month with randomly assigned Medicare numbers instead of Social...

AARP Report: Medicare contributes $2.5B to Rhode Island economy

PROVIDENCE – Medicare contributes $2.5 billion to Rhode Island’s economy, equivalent to 21 percent of state and local government spending in the state, according...

NHPRI exiting Rhody Health Options program

PROVIDENCE – Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island has notified the R.I. Executive Office of Health and Human Services it will end its participation...
THE MAIN TRUST FUND behind Medicare, the United States health-care program for the elderly and disabled, will be exhausted in 2026, according to Medicare’s Board of Trustees. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

Medicare fund to fall short in 2026, sooner than last forecast

NEW YORK - The main trust fund behind Medicare, the United States health care program for the elderly and disabled, will be exhausted in...

Prescription drug costs a crime

President Donald Trump has complained that U.S. drug companies are “getting away with murder.” For once the hyperbole is forgivable: It suggests he takes...

Lifespan reports increased operating income, strong overall results in FY17

PROVIDENCE – In a strong turnaround from the previous year’s results, Lifespan Corp.’s operational income grew more than $12 million to $14.5 million in...
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