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R.I. Medicare counseling program gets award
WASHINGTON – A state program that provides Medicare beneficiaries counseling and benefits information has been chosen by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
AHA urges candidates to embrace reform
OXFORD, Miss. – The American Heart Association last week unveiled six principles for health care reform and urged the presidential candidates to embrace them...
Family premiums up 5% in 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose by a modest 5 percent this year, to $4,704 for single coverage and $12,680 for...
Five Questions With: Dr. Emma M. Simmons
Dr. Emma M. Simmons has been named assistant dean for minority medical affairs at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. A family...
United warns against scheduling early C-sections
Citing studies that have shown that newborns delivered by cesarean section prior to 39 weeks gestation are twice as likely to need intensive care,...
MHRH to host behavioral-health seminar for police
COVENTRY – The R.I. Department of Mental Health Retardation and Hospitals is sponsoring a three-day seminar for law enforcement officers Sept. 24 through 26...
Study: Hospitals still cautious about EMR incentives
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Despite regulatory changes allowing hospitals to help doctors buy electronic medical record (EMR) systems, institutions have been slow to offer EMR...
Doctors urged to screen for domestic violence
WARWICK – Aiming to raise doctors’ awareness of domestic violence, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Coalition Against...
Congress approves ADA expansion, clarification
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congress has approved legislation expanding the definition of disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act to include people who can compensate...
Tufts to re-enter R.I. market in January
WATERTOWN, Mass. – It is official: Tufts Health Plan is re-entering the Rhode Island market.
Last week, after being granted an HMO and a PPO...
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