Primary Care Spending in Rhode Island: Commercial Health Insurance Compliance

January 1, 2014
Primary Care Spending In Rhode Island: Commercial Health Insurance Compliance
In January 2014, the Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner (OHIC) released a report detailing the actual and projected primary care spending of Rhode Island’s three largest commercial health insurers: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI), United Healthcare (United), and Tufts Health Plan (Tufts). The report compares each insurer’s performance against targets established by the Office of the Health Commissioner’s (OHIC) Affordability Standards, analyzing both the relative portion of primary care spending and the ways insurers invest their primary care . . .