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Providence Reports $1.2M in Opioid Settlement Spending
1+ week, 4+ day ago (319+ words) Providence says it spent more than $1.2 million in opioid settlement money on community-led overdose prevention in 2025, reaching more than 3,000 people, according to an annual report released today. Opioid settlement money is public money paid out over corporate conduct, and the…...
ICE Unpaid Hospital Bills and Rhode Island's Wyatt Center
1+ week, 5+ day ago (973+ words) Uprise RI Hospitals Wait a Year for ICE to Pay Its Bills A Colorado hospital says it has treated people in ICE custody about 150 times since last October and is owed nearly $4 million, part of a federal medical-payment breakdown now…...
RI Prior Authorization Ban Tests What Congress Won't
4+ week, 1+ day ago (366+ words) A new report argues federal budget scoring rules — not public opposition — stalled bipartisan prior authorization reform in Congress. Rhode Island stopped waiting and launched its own three-year ban for primary care orders. Rhode Islanders whose treatment gets delayed or denied…...