Is Anchor Medical’s closure spurring action to solve primary care?

Katie Castellani

04/18/2025

AS MUCH AS 25,000 Rhode Islanders may be left without a primary care provider after Anchor Medical Associates closes by June 30, leaving some scrambling to ease the strain it will cause on the state's already fragile health care system. / PBN FILE PHOTO

The looming closure of Anchor Medical Associates has highlighted a critical dilemma facing Rhode Island’s health system: Tens of thousands of patients are in need of primary care, but medical practices are struggling to recruit doctors needed to care for them. On April 4, Anchor Medical, a primary care physician group, announced it was closing

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