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• April 21, 2008
RI Getting $4.2 Million to Reduce Use of Hospital ERs, click here.
• April 15, 2008
Landmark Eyes Merger With Memorial Hospital , click here.
• April 14 , 2008
Lifespan Leaders Focus on Patient Safety, click here.
• April 8, 2008
In MA, Universal Coverage Strains Care , click here.
• April 7, 2008
Hospital Compare Tool , click here.
• March 2008
Analysis Finds Sharp Increase in Employers' Health Costs, With Wide Variations By Occupation and Establishment Size, click here.
• March 17, 2008
We're All Paying for Those Without Health Care, click here.
• February 15, 2008
Lt. Governor's Healthy Rhode Island Reform Act of 2008, click here.
• February 11, 2008
Langevin co-sponsors plan for national health care, A plan to offer affordable health care coverage to all Americans was announced this morning by U.S. Rep. James R. Langevin.click here.
• February 5, 2008
Curbing obesity, smoking doesn’t save money Preventing obesity and smoking can save lives, but it doesn’t save money, researchers reported yesterday.click here.
• February 5, 2008
Pinpointing employers’ health costs On average, employers in Rhode Island spend $10,300 per worker last year, with limited competition among insurers boosting the cost, a survey says.click here.
• January 31, 2008
Survey: Massachusetts Employers, Employees Paying Most for Health Care Plans - The health care industry and voters will be watching closely over the next year to gauge the success -or failure- of major health care reform efforts, especially in states like Massachusetts.click here.
• January 28, 2008
Senate Panel Kills Schwarzenegger Health Coverage Bill - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger suffered his biggest legislative defeat when a Senate committee blocked his yearlong effort to provide health care coverage to most Californians without insurance. click here.
• January 27, 2008
THE ROAD TO THE PRESIDENCY; 2008 VOTERS GUIDE; HEALTH CARE: Insurance funding - With health care emerging as a chief domestic issue in the 2008 presidential race, the various candidates are pitching numerous platforms designed to reduce costs and broaden coverage. click here.
• January 24, 2008
Health plan pools studied: State Senate looks at coverage option - The Michigan Senate's health policy committee heard a national expert on individual health insurance describe how most states have abandoned the current system used by Michigan in favor of pools that provide policies for people with costlier health problems. click here.
• January 4, 2008
Hospitals on Losing Path - The fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 was rough on Kent and on Care New England. While no other institution reported losses quite as large as Kent’s, other RI community hospitals had substantial losses as well. More
• December 23, 2007
Firms Find Ways Around MA State Health Law - To comply with the new state insurance law, a Burger King franchisee in Boston expanded coverage from just his salaried staff to all full-timers. To control his costs, he halved the share he pays. More
• December 21, 2007
California Health Care Reform Passes Major Hurdle - The California State Assembly passed a comprehensive health care reform bill on Dec. 17. The measure moves on to the state Senate in January, where it faces increasing opposition. More
• December 18, 2007
Lifespan-Care New England merger gains FTC approval - The proposed merger of Lifespan and Care New England moved one step closer to reality as the Federal Trade Commission concluded its review, the leaders of the two nonprofit health care systems said in a joint announcement today. More
• November 14, 2007
"Poll finds broad business support for health plan, Most surveyed say law should target all firms". Click here.
• September 27, 2007
Mercer Survey reports presented at the 9/21 RIBGH Health Summit on are now available for download from our web site on our Resources page
• July 25, 2007
R.I. OHIC to hold public hearing on August 29th on
proposed Regulation 11- Small Employer Health Insurance Availability
Regulation. More
• July 11, 2007
R.I.
health insurers are preparing new bare-bones plans with
lower premiums, but higher deductibles and pared-down coverage.
A new law lets businesses
with 50 or fewer employees sign up for these
plans if they have not offered insurance to their employees
in the previous 12 months. More
• July 6 , 2007
Bill Tracking Reports for RI House and Senate have
recently been updated on our legislative page. More
• July 2 , 2007
Rhode Island seeks nominees for new wellness
awards -- Gov. Donald L. Carcieri and the RI
Dept. of Health yesterday announced they are seeking
nominees for the Governor’s Awards
for Wellness Innovation.
Wanted are companies and other organizations with "creative
programs and policies that address the wellness needs of
their employees," targeting seatbelt use, tobacco
control, healthy weight,
physical activity and nutrition. More |
