Question: I find myself struggling to care for my 76-year-old aunt , who lives with m y family and has severe arthritis. I feel I’m being squeezed between the responsibilities
Amid the migrant crisis, inadequate health care coverage and strained public housing infrastructure are preventing pediatricians from treating the most vulnerable.
Five Questions With: Christopher D. Palmieri
April 4, 2021 10:30 pm
Christopher D. Palmieri, CEO and president of Boston-based Commonwealth Care Alliance, discusses the nonprofit’s plans to expand to Rhode Island this year.
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PROVIDENCE – In an effort to help older people age safely in their own homes, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has.
April 4, 2021 10:10 pm
PROVIDENCE – For the third year in a row, some Rhode Islanders will be asked at random to participate in the RI Life Index.
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PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System’s Kent County Memorial Hospital and the health system’s Warwick primary care practice for older adults are among.
MassHealth to cover members’ rides to COVID vaccine appointments
Updated Feb 22, 2021;
Posted Feb 22, 2021
Waiting areas have been set up inside the Eastfield Mall on Wednesday to keep people from waiting outside in the cold. (Douglas Hook / MassLive)
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Massachusetts plans to offer all MassHealth recipients rides to and from their COVID-19 vaccine appointments, according to a bulletin that took effect last week.
The Executive Office of Health and Human Services plans to cover transportation services for all MassHealth recipients who can’t easily get to a vaccine appointment, using vehicles from the state’s Human Transportation Office.
Companions who can’t drive patients to a vaccine appointment can also get a ride if they’re helping patients who have a disability or helped get an appointment at a mass vaccination site and are seeking a shot at the same time.