Report shows RI reining in health care spending, but at what cost to struggling providers?

Rhode Island has kept health care spending growth in check better than Massachusetts and Connecticut, but that’s coming at the expense of hospitals and health care providers’ bottom lines, data from a new Rhode Island Foundation-commissioned report shows.

The health system data analysis from Manatt Health shows Rhode Island private health insurance premiums have stayed lower than those in neighboring states and lower than the national average. And payments from government insurance plans Medicaid and Medicare are mostly lower. (Connecticut’s per-enrollee Medicaid expenditures were lower than Rhode Island’s.)