• January 25, 2010
Free Clinic Wins $300K Grant View article.
• January 22, 2010
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Submits Small and Large Group Rate Filing to OHIC
View article.
• December 28, 2009
Shape Up RI launches 2010 season View article.
• December 27, 2009
House and Senate look to final health care talks; How to pay for overhaul joins abortion, public option as key concerns View article.
• December 15, 2009
Lifespan-CNE merger app still not done View article.
• December 4, 2009
R.I. insurers offered ‘fair value’ in ’08 View article.
• November 25, 2009
BCBSRI wants 10% direct-pay rate hike View article.
• November 18, 2009
Mercer's 2009 National Survey of Employer -Sponsored Health Plans, View Survey Results.
• November 6, 2009
Survey: Health Leaders Favor Medicare Changes View article.
• October 30, 2009
R.I. health insurers’ profitability drops
View article.
• October 27, 2009
Innovations in Delivering Health Care
View article.
• October 15, 2009
The pulse survey report, conducted by Towers Perrin, "Health Care Reform 2009: Leading Employers Weigh In," provides a close look at how employers plan to deal with critical elements of the reforms.
View report.
• October 8, 2009
Towers Perrin Health Care Cost Survey Shows Employer-Sponsored Medical Benefit Costs to Rise 7% to Over $10,000 for the First Time View Article.
• October 1, 2009
Lifespan-Care New England Merger Application Review Starts View Article.
• September 30, 2009
Senators Reject Pair of Public Option Proposals View Article.
• September 29, 2009
Feds May Pay for R.I. Medicaid Expansion View Article.
• September 21, 2009
OHIC Approves Tufts Health Plan’s 8.5% Rate Hike View Article.
• September 18, 2009
Carcieri assails health-care reform at R.I. business meeting View Article.
• September 16, 2009
RIBGH Responds to Tufts Health Plan Rate Factor Filing Read Position.
• September 10, 2009
Ranks of R.I. uninsured grew 9% in ‘08
View article.
• September 1, 2009
Public Comment Solicited: Revised Tufts Health Plan rate factors. View article.
• September 1, 2009
President Obama May Detail Health Plan Priorities Soon View article.
• August 31, 2009
OHIC Provider Survey Results View article.
• August 25, 2009
Health care claim costs likely to leap View article.
• August 24, 2009
Family health premiums up 41% in RI since 2003 View article.
• August 24, 2009
Health-Bill's Pace Prompts Calls for Delay View article.
• August 20, 2009
$1.2 Billion Granted for Electronic Health Records View article.
• July 9, 2009
Lifespan, Care N.E. refile merger app View article.
• July 31, 2009
Doctors reap benefits of useless care;
View article.
• July 21, 2009
Lifespan looks to combine two hospitals
Savings potential seen in Rhode Island, Miriam combination
View article.
• July 10, 2009
Comparison of Major Health Care Reform Proposals in Congress View article.
• July 3, 2009
Senate Seeks to Pare Tab for Health Overhaul View article.
• July 3, 2009
Tufts withdraws rate hike request View article.
• June 22, 2009
RIBGH, others deplore House move to scrap health insurance commissioner View article.
• June 19, 2009
Urgent Call to Action - Please Contact State Legislators Opposing the Elimination of the OHIC! View issue Brief.
• June 8, 2009
Forum addresses premium hike requests ;
Roberts leads business group in facing Koller on health costs
• June 13, 2009
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says covering the uninsured will take several years, even if Congress passes a bill and President Obama signs it into law this fall. View Article.
• June 3, 2009
The President Spells Out His Vision on Health Care Reform
• June 2, 2009
Capping the Tax Exclusion of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: Is Equity Feasible?
• June 1, 2009
Uncompensated care said to add $1,017 to family premiums View Article.
• May 28, 2009
Report Concludes Uninsured Are Costly for All
Insurance premiums cost $1,000 more per family to cover uninsured, study says Read entire article.
• May 14, 2009
Study backs the value of Shape Up RI competition Read entire article.
• May 14, 2009
Whitehouse bill would address critical-care shortage Read entire article.
• May 8, 2009
Lynne Urbani: Free Clinic wants to ‘lose the lottery’ Read entire article.
• May 2009
Leading through Unprecedented Times; interviews with Mercer thought leaders View Interactive article.
• March 26, 2009
Warren Group: R.I. home prices remain below $200K in February. The median price of a single-family home in Rhode Island fell 25.8 percent last month. Read entire article here.
• February 20, 2009
Commonwealth Fund proposes health system overhaul that it says could slow the growth of health spending by $3 trillion by the end of the next decade. Read entire article here.
• February 18, 2009
Cornerstone Group to Host “Wellness: A Healthy Approach to Healthcare Reform”.
Cornerstone Group, one of New England’s leading benefits advisory firms, announced that it will host this event on Thursday, March 5, 2009, at Save the Bay Headquarters in Providence, Rhode Island. Click here for event details and registration.
• February 1, 2009
COBRA takes a bite out of Jobless Paycheck,For most newly unemployed workers, maintaining family healthy coverage through an extension of workplace benefits is a prohibitively expensive proposition. Full Article
• January 14, 2009
The Universal Health Care Foundation unveiled SustiNet, a proposed public-private model for health insurance in the state, that would be phased in over five years and would save money by creating a large pool of users. Full Article
• January 5, 2009
Tufts stirs up the health insurance market in R.I. - Tufts Health Plan, a nonprofit insurer roughly the size of Blue Cross, decided RI was the natural place to grow its business and successfully cleared the regulatory process to offer coverage as of Jan. 1.
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• January 5, 2009
State survey finds doctors critical of insurers - A survey of RI physicians conducted as part of a health insurance rate approval process has found dissatisfaction with reimbursement rates, skepticism about pay-for-performance policies, and mixed feelings about incentive programs.
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• January 5, 2009
House to review Medicaid waiver this week For complete article, click here.
• January 5, 2009
Rite Aid offers free online fitness help For complete article, click here.
• January 5, 2009
OPINION - Lifespan-CNE merger talks must reach a conclusion For complete opinion by Ted Almon, click here.
• December 29, 2009
insurance - Public-private payment gap widens Click here for entire article
• December 29, 2008
Report shows slowdown in drug spending growth - A new study shows a major slowdown in real prescription drug spending growth. More
• December 23, 2008
R.I. unveils details of Medicaid ‘compact’ - The state expects to save $358 million over the next five years under the Global Compact Waiver approved last week. More
• December 16, 2008
Report Shows General Financial Health of Rhode Island Hospitals Improves In 2007. More
• November 25, 2008
BCBSRI, Care NE extend contract through March For complete article, click here.
• November 12, 2008
Mercer identifies the top 10 retirement, health and welfare benefit challenges shared by employers around the world Click here.
• October 27, 2008
Businesses Wary of Details in Obama Health Plan Click here.
• October 27, 2008
RI Congressmen National Health Care Reform Campaign Click here.
• October 20, 2008
UnitedHealthcare to provide incentives for EMR use Click here.
• September 29, 2008
Family Insurance premiums up 5% in 2008 , In 2008, workers will pay an average of $3,354 for family coverage. Click here for details.
• September 3, 2008
Health Benefit Cost Growth Predicted to Ease Slightly in 2009, as employers shift costs and move employees to lower-cost plans. Click here for details.
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