Under a new rule, Rhode Island’s attorney general will put health care mergers under scrutiny to combat market concentration ...

A million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide every week. That’s the estimate Open AI released in late October while ...

The initial cuts by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) caused turmoil for service ...

Predicting the future isn't easy. Back in 2000, who would have thought that by 2025 the Pawtucket Red Sox would no longer exist, or Rhode Island's first female governor would be telling people to ...

Rhode Island has a shortage of primary care providers. Could a medical school ensure a primary care workforce for the state?

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Commercial insurance premiums for nearly 175,000 people in Rhode Island are set to increase next year. The state’s Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner (OHIC) approved ...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island private health insurers have submitted rate requests to the Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner (OHIC), asking for the steepest premium increases in more than a ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — There are plenty of widely discussed problems in the local health care system these days, from a shortage of primary care doctors to financially strained hospitals. But a new ...

Rhode Island is fighting a national battle against opioid addiction — a battle that has no boundaries and threatens every family, every neighborhood, every race, and rich and poor. The growing drug ...

The rate requests, which are on average over 20% in every market, are the highest in over a decade. The proposed rate hikes will affect more than 170,000 Rhode Islanders who are covered under ...