Tag: Rhode Island Business Group on Health
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...
New CMS rule requires hospitals to post pricing data online
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requires hospitals’ pricing data to be posted to their websites, billed as the first step toward a...
Are your health care dollars wasted?
The 2019 health plan open-enrollment season is kicking off for many Rhode Island employers. Each year the rising cost of health care takes its...
Editor’s Choice: Discuss state issues with Ruggerio
EDITOR’S CHOICE
Discuss state issues with Ruggerio
THE NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND Chamber of Commerce will host an “Eggs & Issues” breakfast event with Senate President Dominick...
Summit: More questions than answers on health care cost savings
While the Affordable Care Act still requires people to buy health insurance, the Republican tax bill signed into law late last year zeroed out...
RIBGH Legislative Breakfast speakers to discuss overused medical services
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Business Group on Health will feature two speakers on the subject of overuse of medical care in the health...
Hospital demand falls, industry groups differ on whether to embrace trend
Officials and an expert analysis agree Rhode Island has a hospital-bed surplus coupled with a trend toward diminishing demand for inpatient services, but local...
R.I. hospitals’ dilemma: Nurture innovation or be downsized by it
Medical innovation saves and improves otherwise desperate lives and lends prestige to the hospitals nurturing it, while attracting new patients, funding, and top researchers...
