Natalie Villacorta
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...












