Sometimes, it may be preferable to speak with someone at Medicare. The Medicare phone number is 800-MEDICARE, or 800-633-4227. A deaf or partially deaf person may call 877-486-2048.

Medicare has a phone number that you can call 24/7 for help. Companies that offer Part C, Part D, or Medigap plans also provide telephone assistance.

Rhode Island’s health care system is in crisis. Changes from the General Assembly may help alleviate some of the problems ...

If you believe that you or someone you know has fallen victim to Medicare fraud, first call your doctor, then contact the R.I. Office of Healthy Aging at (401) 462-3000.

Officials have estimated that the number of Medicaid recipients in Rhode Island could shrink from 360,000 to 338,000. ... now is the time to make sure that your contact information, ...

Medicaid payments on behalf of those without Social Security numbers totaled $55.4 million last year, including the $16,106,050 paid for those officially determined to be undocumented immigrants.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island officials are proposing abrupt changes to a Medicaid program for community health workers amid state and federal investigations into “significant ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Patients enrolled in UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Advantage plan have been notified that they will no longer receive coverage at Brown University Health hospitals if ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Medicaid enrollments have swelled in Rhode Island in the four months since the new state-run health insurance marketplace launched, according to data released Tuesday on ...

If you believe that you or someone you know has fallen victim to Medicare fraud, first call your doctor, then contact the R.I. Office of Healthy Aging at (401) 462-3000.