'We need meaningful action now': RI lawmakers urged to pass health care reforms

'We need meaningful action now': RI lawmakers urged to pass health care reforms

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Hospital Association of Rhode Island (HARI) urged lawmakers Thursday afternoon to pass key legislation aimed at stabilizing health care statewide. Specifically, HARI wants the General Assembly to approve a so-called "Health Care Action Package," which includes the following: Family Health Care Act: Increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for physicians and advance practice providers in the community Medicaid Reinves…

South County Health advocates for state action on care

It’s a problem that nearly every Rhode Islander has faced, is facing now, or will face in the near future.

South County Health CEO: State needs to step up for providers

It’s a problem that nearly every Rhode Islander has faced, is facing now, or will face in the near future.Access to health care, and even more acutely, access to primary care providers, is at a crisis point in Rhode Island,…