Tag: RIDOH
Public comment open for OHIC’s proposed health insurance network regulation
PROVIDENCE — In 2017, The Health Care Accessibility and Quality Assurance Act switched jurisdiction for health insurance network plans from the R.I. Department of...
Report: R.I. teen immunization rates drop, remain among highest in nation
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s immunization rates for teenagers remain among the highest in the nation, the R.I. Department of Health and the Centers for...
CNE, Partners request expedited merger review under Hospital Conversion Act
PROVIDENCE — Care New England’s year-to-date $40 million loss, mostly attributed to the shuttered Memorial Hospital, qualifies as a significant financial hardship according to...
R.I. updates pain-management regulations to curb opioid abuse
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has updated its pain-management regulations to require doctors prescribing opioids to discuss the risks of taking the pain reliever, indicate...
R.I. expands coverage of hepatitis C-fighting drugs to all Medicaid enrollees
PROVIDENCE — When Medicaid enrollee Michelle Giron was denied coverage for hepatitis C-curing drugs the second time in May, she and the Rhode Island...
CharterCARE makes undisclosed offer for Memorial Hospital
PAWTUCKET — Two months after CharterCARE proposed investing $10 million to restore emergency room services at the former Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island building,...
Kent Hospital to invest $1.7M in patient verification systems after 4...
WARWICK – Kent Hospital, a Care New England facility, has agreed with the R.I. Department of Health to invest at least $1.7 million into...
R.I. runs $600K prevention campaign ‘The Truth About Opioids’
PROVIDENCE — Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force announced today a local $600,000 social media and television public prevention campaign,...
R.I. Department of Health launches Lyme disease prevention campaign
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health is reminding people to be wary of Lyme-disease-bearing ticks in the wake of reported increases in national...
RWU, RIDOH partnership aids health education, research
BRISTOL – Roger Williams University’s growing public health program is getting a boost from a new partnership with the R.I. Department of Health that will...
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