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Rhode Island was granted conditional approval to operate its R.I. Health Benefits Exchange, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today, one week after Rhode Island submitted a 1,000-page “Exchange Blueprint.”
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By Richard Asinof |
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(Updated, 2:45 p.m.) A new comprehensive study released Wednesday by R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller documents payment disparity by hospitals and payers in Rhode Island.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Candescent Partners, the private equity firm that purchased Koch Eye Associates in March, has acquired Dartmouth-based Eye Health Vision Centers.
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By PBN Staff
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The Clinica Esperanza/Hope Clinic received a $40,000 grant from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island to help fund its new walk-in Cheer clinic.
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By PBN Staff
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Brown University’s Executive Master of Healthcare Leadership program has created a nine-member advisory committee to help the program focus on the nation’s rapidly changing health care landscape.
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By PBN Staff
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A new collective bargaining agreement, effective through Nov. 30. 2016, was ratified this week by union employees at Women & Infants by a vote of 1,138 to 55, hospital and union officials announces Thursday.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Rhode Island is set to receive $647,722 as part of a $42.9 million national settlement with drug maker Pfizer Inc. for the unlawful promotion of its drugs Zyvox and Lyrica.
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By PBN Staff
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In what the city of Providence is called “a case with national significance,” Chief Judge Mary Lisi of U.S. District Court in Rhode Island ruled to uphold the city’s laws banning the sale of tobacco products aimed at children.
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By PBN Staff
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Rhode Island is the 10th healthiest state in the nation for the third consecutive year, according to United Health Foundation’s America’s 2012 Health Rankings released today.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Updated, Dec. 8, 12:45 p.m.
Citing higher medical cost trends, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island filed for new rate factors for 2013 with the R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner.
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By Richard Asinof |