An initial wellness exam for the state’s primary care landscape published by the Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner on Monday found fewer Rhode Islanders have a personal doctor they can turn to for non-urgent health concerns compared with a decade earlier.
The 31-page report, which relies on 2024 insurance claims data, marks the first in what Health Insurance Commissioner Cory King intends will serve as an annual checkup on the policy and funding ailments plaguing Rhode Island’s primary care system.
“The purpose is to establish a baseline understanding, so we can be able to judge whether the efforts undertaken actually improve the needle on primary care payment and access,” King said in an interview…