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Reaching for health past work
The images from the 1970s and ’80s of Japan’s car workers standing en masse exercising at the start of their workday are vivid reminders symbolizing the pinnacle of a nation’s economic might and attitude toward employee health and productivity. more
Where wellness is about more than fun and games
As a company devoted to play, Hasbro Inc. recognizes the importance of its brand, often doubling down on its well-known board games that are re-branded as movies, DVDs and electronic games. So it is not surprisingly that when Hasbro introduced its Healthy Steps walking routes as part of its wellness program last year, the paths were branded, both inside and outside, with Candyland markers along the way. more
By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 8/13/12
Healthy companies first need healthy employees
Welcome to Providence Business News’ inaugural Healthiest Employers program special section. In these pages you will find out a little about some of the state’s most enlightened companies, ones that take the needs of the employees very seriously, and as a result, deliver better products and services to their customers. more
Blue Cross, Care New England move toward new contract
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and Care New England have signed a letter of intent to reopen their current contract and create a new, five-year “partnership” that repositions reimbursements according to new global payment and quality metrics. more
Medicare reimbursements to increase at 4 R.I. hospitals in '13
Four Rhode Island hospitals – Newport, Kent, South County and Westerly hospitals – will receive an increase totaling $7.1 million increase in Medicare payments for fiscal year 2013. more
Lt. Gov. Association makes Alzheimers a priority
In a bipartisan resolution co-sponsored by R.I. Lt. Gov. Elizabeth H. Roberts, the National Lieutenant Governors Association endorsed efforts to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s disease by 2025 at its annual meeting in July. more
Insurance costs continue trending upward
The 2012 Compensation Data Healthcare survey results reported the average annual cost of insurance per employee on a health care employer-sponsored preferred provider organizations, or PPO plan is $8,707, an increase of about 28 percent in three years from the $6,807 average annual cost reported in 2009. more
Three group practices join CSI initiative
Three medical group practices have joined the Rhode Island Chronic Care Sustainability Initiative (CSI-RI), adding 16,000 patients to the list of more than 70,000 patients currently served by the patient-centered medical home demonstration project launched in 2008. more
South County offers ‘mini’ hip replacement
South County Hospital is now offering a new kind of hip replacement, which is less invasive and allows patients to recover more quickly, hospital officials announced on July 20. more
Blue Cross responds to Steward’s attacks
After enduring two weeks of attacks in what he termed a “distasteful,” “fear-mongering” and “mud-slinging” media campaign, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island President and CEO Peter Andruszkiewicz responds and present the health insurer’s point of view. more
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