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Health care showcase to promote health care innovation in R.I.

PROVIDENCE – Academic and medical institutions around the state are collaborating to host the Rhode Island Healthcare Showcase for the exchange of ideas on...

New patient care center expands Butler Hospital’s mental health services

PROVIDENCE – Butler Hospital is opening up a new patient care center to meet the growing need for acute psychiatric care in Rhode Island....
DR. CHESTER HEDGEPETH says that telemedicine allows local patients to access the talents of a larger team based in Boston and thus improve their health. / COURTESY KENT HOSPITAL

Five Questions With: Dr. Chester Hedgepeth

Dr. Chester Hedgepeth is the executive chief of cardiology at Kent Hospital. The hospital recently started a telemedicine service in partnership with Brigham and...
IN AN EMAIL TO LIFESPAN STAFF, President and CEO Dr. Timothy J. Babineau revealed that the health care chain is projecting an operating loss for its upcoming fiscal year 2014. / COURTESY LIFESPAN

Lifespan projects loss for 2014

PROVIDENCE - For the first time in more than a decade, Lifespan’s board of directors approved a budget with a negative bottom line —...

Employers must notify staff by Oct. 1 of ACA details

WASHINGTON – Oct. 1 is fast approaching. Have you told your employees about the new health insurance marketplace? By the start of next month, the...
A KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION report determined that Rhode Islanders will have access to among the least expensive health insurance plans in New England through HealthSourceRI, the state's health benefits exchange, before federal subsidies are taken into account.

R.I. exchange health plans among least costly in New England

PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island’s unsubsidized premium prices for low-cost individual health plans to be sold on the state exchange will be some of the...
THE OFFICE OF HEALTH INSURANCE COMMISSIONER Dr. Kathleen C. Hittner released its annual report on commercial plan enrollment, noting that it shrank in 2012, continuing a long-term trend. / PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Commercial health plan numbers continued shrinking in 2012

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island commercial health insurance enrollment shrank by 2,712 from December 2011 to December 2012, according to an annual report released by...
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