Tag: Rhode Island Business Group on Health
Report: R.I. hospitals’ operating costs to total expenses second highest in...
WAKEFIELD – As hospital expenses have skyrocketed in the past few decades, Rhode Island has struggled far more than other states with rising overhead...
Education, compensation key to addressing staffing shortages in health care
Now that American Rescue Plan Act funds have expired, the next six to eight months will be telling of what challenges remain in addressing...
R.I. commercial health care premiums are among the highest in the...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Rhode Islanders pay among the highest commercial health insurance premiums in the nation, according to a report from the Rhode Island...
Business group awarded $300K to support health care payment reform
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The Rhode Island Business Group on Health has been awarded $300,000 by Arnold Ventures LLC, a philanthropic organization that looks to...
Monopoly concerns dominate second Lifespan-CNE public comment meeting
PROVIDENCE – Throughout a two-hour meeting held on Wednesday on the proposed Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System merger, many attendees raised...
Needed Slater overhaul will be costly
The price of transforming Eleanor Slater Hospital into a well-run, well-appointed hospital for Rhode Islanders with significant psychiatric or medical needs is unknown, but...
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...
Editor’s Choice: Brown Bag Lunch to feature ex-R.I. health director
EDITOR’S CHOICE
Brown Bag Lunch to feature ex-R.I. health director DR. MICHAEL FINE, former director of the R.I. Department of Health, will discuss his book...
Five Questions With: Paul Martineau
Paul Martineau stepped into the role of chairman of the board of directors at the Rhode Island Business Group on Health last month. He...
HSRI: Stable but will it ever cover costs?
Soon after the state established HealthSource RI in 2014, it was recognized as one of the nation’s most successful health-benefits exchanges in meeting enrollment...
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