Tag: Rhode Island Medical Society
R.I. health care providers agree to cap spending increases at 3.2%...
Nearly a decade after Rhode Island adopted price controls for health care that appear to be working, the state is doing more to contain...
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...
Groundwork in place to nurture R.I. medical tourism
RHODE Island is poised to capitalize on medically inspired travel between cities and countries, with Ortho Rhode Island Inc.’s pending three-story building next to...
Opinion: Medical society should stand up for doctors, support cutting red...
My friend recently described her graduation from a prestigious MBA program years ago. She said “at the commencement they said ‘you have your degree,...
R.I. Medical Society names new officers
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Medical Society recently announced three new officers for the upcoming year and honored three doctors for their service to...
Changes are needed to recruit and retain physicians in Rhode Island,...
Inconsistent data about Rhode Island’s health care system could give anyone a headache.
The Commonwealth Fund’s 2017 Scorecard on State Health System Performances found that...
R.I. physicians among nation’s lowest paid
PROVIDENCE – Physicians employed in the Providence metropolitan statistical area (every Rhode Island city and town, except for Westerly, as well as Fall River...
















