In 2024, Independence Health Group, the for-profit parent company of the nonprofit Philadelphia-based health insurance company Independence Blue Cross, reported a net loss of $239 million, despite ...

Homeless patients often find themselves convalescing in tents exposed to the weather or crowded shelters. This program ...

Your weekend briefing on local politics and more.

You may have heard that 25,000 people in Rhode Island are losing their primary care doctors because a large practice called ...

A budget amendment submitted by McKee would mandate RI health care providers report updates on their finances to the state.

The Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees Medicaid, was given a target to cut $880 billion, he said. A cut of that ...

An American national has been arrested for illegally entering North Sentinel Island, home to the elusive Sentinelese tribe. The incident has sparked concerns about tribal protection, surveillance ...

While Rhode Island has voted reliably blue in presidential elections for over thirty years, the state is typically seen as more moderate than its northeastern neighbors with voters caring more ...

Burch and about 30 other leaders from various nonprofits at the forum discussed how cuts to Medicaid could impact the services they provide to some of the Island’s most vulnerable populations.

Overall, it should result in more than $25 billion in additional payments going to MA plans next year, according to the CMS. However, the real sum will be higher, given the CMS’ estimate doesn ...

The Senate confirmed Dr. Mehmet Oz, a celebrity TV doctor, as CMS administrator last week on a 53-45 vote, which was along party lines. In the position, Oz will lead the Medicare and Medicaid ...

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