Tag: R.i. Executive Office Of Health And Human Services
Senate OKs bill removing administrative barriers to opioid treatment
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Senate on May 3 approved legislation sponsored by Sen. Lori Urso, D-Pawtucket, that would prohibit health insurance companies from requiring...
State health office, Thrive dispute Medicaid billing status
WARWICK – The R.I. Executive Office of Health and Human Services and Thrive Behavioral Health are again butting heads, with the EOHHS alleging that...
R.I. allots $33M for rural and home health care, including IT modernization
PROVIDENCE – The McKee administration is seeking to dedicate nearly a quarter of its Rural Health Transformation Program funding in “a major step forward...
Thrive Behavioral Health alleges misconduct by state health office
PROVIDENCE – Thrive Behavioral Health, which faces accusations of $1.3 million in fraudulent billing, this week alleged that the R.I. Office of Health and...
R.I. Health Secretary Richard Charest to retire in July
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Executive Office of Health and Human Services Secretary Richard Charest will retire on July 3, Gov. Daniel J. McKee announced Friday.
Charest...
New R.I. budget projections shrink fiscal 2027 deficit by more than...
Call it an outsized example of finding spare change between the couch cushions.
Extra revenue and lower expenses for Medicaid services and government agencies have...
Universities stocking naloxone on campus to prevent overdoses
Amid routine preparations for the school year ahead, this past summer resident assistants at universities across Rhode Island received new training on how to...
As premiums spike, HealthSource RI focuses on medical necessity versus low...
The open enrollment campaign for Rhode Island’s health insurance marketplace usually promotes affordability.
Not this year.
“In the past we’ve been saying, ‘Health care is more...
Federal budget cuts create one big not so beautiful mess in...
The human and financial costs of federal funding cuts are coming into focus for Rhode Island – and it’s not a pretty picture.
Tens of...
Rhode Island Foundation awards $2.5M to nonprofits for opioid recovery
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded nearly $2.5 million in grants to 19 nonprofits addressing the state's opioid crisis. The grants are...
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