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5 days ago | 
providencejournal.com | Jonny Williams
The layoffs will save PCHC about $5 million this year. CEO Merrill Thomas said PCHC’s costs have risen by 30% while Medicaid reimbursement rates have gone up by 10%.
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1 week ago | 
providencejournal.com | Jonny Williams
From SNAP to Medicaid and school meals, children in the state could lose access to crucial servicesThe report also highlighted that children in the state have experienced some setbacks to their wellbeing in recent yearsPROVIDENCE – Rhode Island KIDS COUNT, a nonprofit that tracks the well-being of children in the state, released its 31st annual report on Monday, May 5.
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1 week ago | 
newportri.com | Jonny Williams
Traditionally, patients pay per service when they visit a doctor or a health care facility. This model offers a different way to pay for careValue-based care has been slowly gaining traction in the U.S.Some Rhode Island providers are trying to transition their practices away from fee-for-service and toward value-based careThe key difference between value-based care and fee-for-service seems to be on who bears the risk: insurers or providers?
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1 week ago | 
newportri.com | Jonny Williams
Miriam Hospital and Newport Hospital have earned five straight A's from Leapfrog’s hospital safety reportSince 2022, Rhode Island has jumped from 16th to second in the US for hospital safety. More than half of Rhode Island’s hospitals earned an A in Leapfrog’s twice-yearly report. Some hospitals, like Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, have struggled to improve their scores.
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1 week ago | 
providencejournal.com | Jonny Williams
Since 2022, Rhode Island has jumped from 16th to second in the US for hospital safety. More than half of Rhode Island’s hospitals earned an A in Leapfrog’s twice-yearly report. Some hospitals, like Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, have struggled to improve their scores. PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s hospitals rank as the second-safest in the country, according to a new report by Leapfrog, a nonprofit that rates hospital safety.
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2 weeks ago | 
newportri.com | Jonny Williams
Initiatives highlighted at a news conference by Gov. Dan McKee include an accelerated Medicaid rate review, financial incentives for primary care and more oversight over finances of medical facilitiesAt a press conference, Gov. Dan McKee highlighted initiatives that seek to solve RI’s primary care crisis. EOHHS Secretary Richard Charest said the state might have been able to help save Anchor Medical had it been notified earlier of the physician group's financial troubles.
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2 weeks ago | 
providencejournal.com | Jonny Williams
Initiatives highlighted a press conference by Gov. Dan McKee include an accelerated Medicaid rate review, financial incentives for primary care and more oversight over finances of medical facilitiesAt a press conference Gov.
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2 weeks ago | 
newportri.com | Jonny Williams
The Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner recently implemented new rules requiring insurers to raise payments for primary care in Rhode Island The rules could boost payments for primary care, which is in crisis, by up to $100 million, according to Commissioner Cory King BCBSRI already announced it is raising reimbursements by 15% on July 1 and cutting prior authorization by 65% PROVIDENCE – A set of new rules from the Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner that went into effect in...
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2 weeks ago | 
providencejournal.com | Jonny Williams
Students will learn techniques to help manage pain, how to provide emotional support and how to help mothers as they learn to breastfeedStudies have found that doulas help improve the birthing processThe program costs $1,500 and applications are due May 30PROVIDENCE – A new program at Roger Williams University will train doulas to assist women during the process of childbirth.
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3 weeks ago | 
providencejournal.com | Jonny Williams
Between 2023 and 2024, patient-on-staff assaults increased by about 16%, from 205 to 237 incidents. One mental health worker suffered a brain bleed which required surgery after a patient punched him on the head. Low wages are also a point of contention, with 60% of workers saying they struggle to afford food and housing, according to a union survey. PROVIDENCE – The last thing Mohammed Malki remembers before waking up in the hospital was speaking to a colleague at a desk.
