- Rhode Island hospitals and doctors are requesting increased state funding to address financial difficulties and a shortage of primary care physicians.
- The Hospital Association of Rhode Island is seeking $90 million in increased Medicaid reimbursements and a temporary lift on commercial insurance rate caps.
- Gov. Dan McKee’s budget proposal includes a review of primary care rates but also reduces projected net income to hospitals.
Rhode Island doctors and hospitals are again making their case to state lawmakers for a financial lifeline.
It’s a case that begins with the calendar-flipping length of time it takes for a new patient to get a doctor’s appointment. And it closes with the recent collapse of Anchor Medical Associates, the distressed sale of the CharterCare hospitals and last fall’s bailout of Thundermist Health Center.
