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Providence Center celebrates veterans housing facility, program
The Providence Center celebrated the opening of the Joyce House, a new program that will house homeless veterans with mental health and substance abuse problems with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee and Mayor Angel Taveras on Monday. 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
Blue Cross partners with Click With Me Now
To aid consumers as they consider buying products in the new health insurance marketplace, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has teamed with Click With Me Now, a St. Louis-based firm that offers one-click, no download, Web co-browsing software. 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
Info meeting set for Care New England-Memorial merger
The R.I. Attorney General and the R.I. Department of Health will hold a public informational meeting regarding the proposed affiliation of The Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island and Care New England on Tuesday, June 11. more
Mass. hospitals cut back on pay
BOSTON – http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass_roundup/2013/06/massachusetts-hospitals-pull-back-on.html more
| 6/7/13
New physicians to be trained in patient-centered model
A new partnership to train new physicians in the patient-centered medical home model as part of a collaborative initiative between Kent Hospital and Thundermist Health Center will be … more
Providence ranks 22nd on fittest metros index
The Providence metropolitan area ranked No. 22 on the annual American Fitness Index, a list that ranks the country’s 50 largest metro areas using indicators such as access to health care, smoking and obesity rates. more
| 5/31/13
75 honored in Worksite Health awards
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce have recognized 75 companies from across the Ocean State in the 19th annual Worksite Health Awards, the organizations announced Wednesday. more
| 5/29/13
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