Marion Davis
United HealthCare of N.E. seeks to pay<br> extra $36.8M to Minn. parent...
Just five months after paying a $17 million dividend to its parent company, United HealthCare of New England wants to send an...
A business that is still developing
The young woman needs a slide projector, and Patty Zacks takes her right to the two she has in stock.
Quickly she determines that...
Interest trends cut into Citizens’ profits
When Citizens Financial Group announced its 2006 results March 1, it focused on the positives: a 2-percent net income increase (actually 1.7 percent) over...
Nurses’ group balks at proposal on delegating duties
A proposed change to Rhode Island’s nursing regulations that would allow nurses to delegate tasks to unlicensed aides “when the client’s health status is...
Blue Cross campaign seeks to educate consumers
A man reads the labels on two bottles.
“Same active ingredients, but one has a much lower price,” he notes. He tosses the pricier...
NewportFed has a mixed first year as a stock bank
Newport Bancorp Inc., the public company created last year after the merger of the former Newport Federal Savings Bank and Westerly Savings Bank, says...
Lt. Gov. Roberts gains new forum for policy issues, problem solving
An interview with Elizabeth H. Roberts
Position: Rhode Island lieutenant governor
Background: Roberts worked as a business strategy consultant, policy analyst and health care manager before...
Proposed charity rules go beyond hospitals
New rules proposed by the R.I. Department of Health this month would require not just hospitals and nursing homes, but a variety of free-standing...
Drug dispenser growing its generic-medication use
A pilot program that put generic-drug dispensers in doctors' offices to encourage them to prescribe generics instead of brand-name drugs has been a big...
United, R.I. extend state worker contract into 2010
Two and a half years ago, UnitedHealthcare of New England snatched the state employees' health benefits contract away from Blue Cross & Blue Shield...
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