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Payment-reform summit backed by Healthy RI
PROVIDENCE – A “Payment Reform Summit” will discuss leading payment-reform models, the terms used to describe them, and what they might mean for Rhode Island. more
6/17/13
Reynolds grant supports education on aging
PROVIDENCE – A $1 million, four-year grant by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation will help residents and practicing physicians learn how healthy aging and its interactions with disease affect older patients. more
6/17/13
RIH joins national research study for traumatic brain injury
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital is joining a national research study to assess the treatment of traumatic brain injury with the naturally occurring hormone progesterone. more
6/17/13
Obamacare shows hospital savings as patients gain
Less than five months before the Affordable Care Act fully kicks in, hospitals are improving care and saving millions of dollars with one of the least-touted but potentially most-effective provisions of the law. more
Bloomberg News | 6/17/13
Draft state plan for Alzheimer’s now online
A draft state plan to address Alzheimer’ disease and related disorders has been completed and can be viewed online, according to state officials. more
Chafee nominates Hittner to replace Koller at OHIC
(Updated, Friday, 8:48 a.m.) Dr. Kathleen Hittner has been nominated by Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee to replace Christopher F. Koller as Rhode Island’s health insurance commissioner, the governor’s press office announced Thursday afternoon. more
BIF awarded $272K to study new models for the ‘aging experience’
(Updated, 3:28 p.m.) The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded a $272,400 grant to the Business Innovation Factory to “explore the ‘connected aging experience’ and identify transformational models for connected aging,” according to the Providence-based organization. more
| 6/12/13
CVS specialty pharmacy earns URAC accreditation
Nonprofit health care accreditation agency URAC has awarded a specialty pharmacy accreditation to CVS Caremark Corp. in recognition of quality health care service, CVS announced Tuesday. more
Health Insurance Advisory Council to recognize Koller
The June meeting of the Health Insurance Advisory Council on June 25 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the R.I. Island Department of Labor & Training offices will be R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller’s last council meeting. more
Westerly sale completed; Landmark review stalled
The $69 million purchase of Westerly Hospital by Lawrence + Memorial Hospital of New London, Conn., was finalized on May 31, 18 months after Westerly Hospital first went into receivership. more
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