Tag: R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner
R.I. requires insurers cover biomarker testing
Dizziness, memory loss, anxiety and a perpetually swollen left foot and ankle are among the side effects Normand Audette has experienced from taking an...
Study finds Lifespan-CNE merger would boost R.I. academic medicine industry
PROVIDENCE – An independent study commissioned by Brown University found that Rhode Island trails most of its neighboring states in the academic medicine industry.
According...
How confident are you that the latest proposed merger between Lifespan...
Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System earlier this year signed an agreement to merge into an integrated academic health system with Brown...
OHIC: Proposed hospital system merger has ‘significant implications’ for health care
PROVIDENCE – The proposed merger between Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System has significant implications for the affordability, access to and quality...
Health insurers seek rate increases for all individual, group plans in...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s largest health insurance companies are seeking rate increases for 2022 that range from 2.9% to 17.5% for the small- and...
Insurers pay COVID-19 costs for now
Rhode Island is requiring health insurers operating in the state to cover out-of-pocket expenses for customers in need of COVID-19 treatment, raising the question...
R.I. health insurance commissioner joins other states in supporting ACA recommendations
PROVIDENCE – Marie Ganim, Rhode Island's outgoing health insurance commissioner, signed a letter on Wednesday pledging to work with President-elect Joe Biden on health...
PBN Summit: CNE, Lifespan move toward definitive agreement, merger filing
PROVIDENCE – Dr. James E. Fanale, CEO and president of Care New England Health System, said Thursday that the merger between CNE and Lifespan...
Five Questions With: Leslie Taito
Leslie Taito | Chief of Staff, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island
1. Why did you leave your role as CEO of the manufacturer Hope...
Lifespan, CNE move toward merger, leaving many to wonder about side...
For decades, Rhode Island’s two largest hospital systems have been rivals, each enduring similar financial pressures on their own in a small but competitive...
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