In Case You Missed It: Is Pell’s Campaign Dead?
Saturday, April 12, 2014
"In Case You Missed It," GoLocal's weekend feature, that gives you a second chance to read this week's top news story. Check out what dominated the news cycle this week in Providence and get all the details with these easy links.
Is Pell's Campaign Dead?
Clay Pell is a mismanaged, weak candidate who doesn’t have a chance at the Governor’s Office, or he’s a credible candidate with strong endorsements running a respectable first-time gubernatorial campaign.
So say local and national political analysts in the academic, public and private sector.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTIn five months, Pell will face the founder of the state’s first venture capital firm and Providence’s first Hispanic Mayor in the Gubernatorial Democratic Primary. Local and national political experts are wondering if the untested candidate is running the kind of campaign that can defeat such seasoned professionals.
Rhode Island's Medicare Millionaires
More than 4,000 doctors and other providers of health care services in Rhode Island received nearly $260 million in Medicare reimbursements in 2012, according to new federal data released yesterday.
The data, the first of its kind available in decades, pinpoints where Medicare dollars are going and which doctors and other health care providers are the top recipients—including many so-called ‘Medicare millionaires’ who bill $1 million or more annually. Of $64 billion issued in individual reimbursements nationwide, a third went to under 3 percent of doctors, with nearly 4,000 physicians billing at rates of $1 million or more annually, according to Bloomberg.
Related Slideshow: Top 20 Medicare Payment Recipients in RI
Below are the top 20 highest recipients of Medicare reimbursements in 2012, listed in order from least to greatest. The list includes doctors, ambulance services, and health care businesses. Two municipal ambulance services are also listed. The data, the first of its kind available in decades, was released by federal authorities yesterday.
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