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University of Rhode Island Professor Kerry L. LaPlante has been awarded a $703,000 grant from the Pfizer Medical Education Group.
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A new pilot program between Care New England and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will officially begin on July 1, creating a bundled payment approach to congestive heart failure patients, according to Domenic Delmonico, senior vice president at Care New England.
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A new, 24-hour hotline for children in emotional crisis, Kids’ Link RI, has been launched. It is a collaborative initiative by Bradley Hospital and Gateway Healthcare, the state’s largest community behavioral health provider.
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The first Rhode Island Environmental Sustainability Awards were presented on March 21 by the Hospitals for a Healthy Environment, in partnership with Brown University, the city of Providence, the R.I. Department of Environmental Manager and Health Care without Harm.
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Atmed Treatment Center has opened its second urgent care center in Rhode Island at 5750 Post Road, open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends.
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Junior senator talks about the challenges he faces in the Senate championing an improved health care delivery system.
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With just nine months before many of the Affordable Care Act’s new regulations, taxes, tax credits and penalties go into effect – as well as the startup of the R.I. Health Benefits Exchange on Jan. 1, 2014, businesses across Rhode Island are trying to calculate future costs when it comes to offering health insurance to employees.
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Lifespan, the state’s largest hospital network and the state’s largest private employer, has experienced a financial shortfall during the first five months of its fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2012.
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CharterCare announced Thursday that it had executed a letter of intent with Prospect Medical Holdings Inc., a national health care services company based in Santa Ana, Calif., to create a partnership.
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CVS Caremark Corp. has instituted a policy that requires employees using the company’s health insurance plan to undergo a health screening by May 1 in order to avoid being charged an additional $50 per month for their coverage, according to the Boston Herald.
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