Mike Colias/levesque@pbn.com
Blue Cross’ $197M reserve a record high
The insurer’s surplus draws ire of hospital industry
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island posted a net surplus of $55.9 million in 2001,...
House bill seeks closer look at utility’s conservation plan
Part of the broad electricity bill introduced in the House of Representatives last month calls for sharper scrutiny of Narragansett Electric’s energy-conservation program.
Under the...
Lawmakers grappling with details of brownfields bills
With the state’s looming budget shortfall and legislature’s preoccupation with redistricting, it seems few new programs stand much of a chance of grabbing lawmakers’...
Women’s Enterprise Center proving its worth
More than 400 women have been trained, counseled
Sarah Crawford had spent several months crafting what she thought was a bulletproof business plan for a...
Kent Hospital hiring tips bring employees bonuses
Call it a sign of the times for a health-care delivery system stretched paper-thin by work force shortages.
Kent Hospital recently initiated an incentive program...
Dissatisfied dentists limit Medicaid care
Dr. Stephen T. Skoly Jr., a Cranston oral surgeon, was awakened by a call in the middle of the night last January. A patient...
R.I. doctors seek right to bargain jointly with insurers
Doctor groups in Rhode Island are lobbying for a bill that would exempt them from certain aspects of federal antitrust laws – a move...
Hold the applause for estate tax repeal
Gradual elimination of levy tax could be reversed after 8 years
The repeal of the federal estate tax, signed into law by President Bush...
R.I. dentists feeling insurance squeeze; Insurers counter that rates are fair
An article appeared last week on the Web site of Dental Economics, a national trade magazine, describing the dental marketplace in the Ocean State....
Independent dentists rare among peers
Dr. Joseph A. Russo gets a warm feeling inside every time a patient walks into his dentist office in North Providence.
"It’s a great feeling...
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