Marion Davis
Blue Cross looks to cut MRI costs
Saying that the use of high-end medical imaging is “out of control,” Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is considering several ways...
Stats mix consumer, business filings, study says
For two clients, it was rain: The soggy spring kept customers away from their nurseries, and it had a “devastating effect” on their finances....
Women & Infants gets first approval for expansion
A key committee of the state Health Services Council has unanimously endorsed a plan by Women & Infants Hospital to build a $64-million, five-story...
Delta Dental wins $36.2 million state worker contract
The state has chosen Delta Dental of Rhode Island to provide dental coverage for employees and their dependents, about 42,000 people, for three years...
Expert: Early childhood needs scientific approach
What if you knew a key part of your production system was so flawed that it made your products easily breakable and prone to...
Miriam Hospital chosen for new HIV vaccine trial
Miriam Hospital in Providence has been chosen to be part of an international Phase II trial for a new “global” HIV vaccine that, if...
School-based health center opening at The Met
The Met School is opening an on-site health center Monday in collaboration with Providence Community Health Centers, finally bringing to fruition a seven-year effort...
Medical malpractice insurers’ rate hikes approved
The R.I. Department of Business Regulation has cleared ProSelect Insurance Co. to raise its doctors’ medical malpractice rates by 2.3 percent, down from the...
Industrial sites rare, prices soar
When Spherics Inc., a biotechnology firm spun out of research at Brown University, announced in August that it was moving from Lincoln to Mansfield,...
Insurers ready for aggressive Medicare sales pitch
It’s the biggest product launch in years, but it’s not happening in a vacuum: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and UnitedHealthcare...
