Richard Asinof
UnitedHealthcare offers new bill-paying service
MINNETONKA, Minn. – UnitedHealthcare introduced a secure, online electronic bill-payment service on Aug. 20, the latest enhancement of its health plan portal, www.mvuhc.com.
The new...
Steward, IPC The Hospitalist Company expand partnership
BOSTON – Steward Health Care System, a for-profit hospital network in Massachusetts, has signed a definitive agreement with IPC The Hospitalist Co. for the...
Cost, coverage details revealed for health care exchange
Updated: 4:00 p.m.
PROVIDENCE – In an hour-and-a-half briefing Tuesday, Christine Ferguson, the executive director of HealthSourceRI, offered the first details of the 28 different...
Autism group receives $1.2 million to create statewide registry, network
EAST PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment, known as RI-CART, announced Monday that it had received a $1.2 million...
Five Questions With: Dr. Kathleen C. Hittner
By her own admission, Dr. Kathleen C. Hittner, the new R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner, said that the former commissioner, Christopher F. Koller, left some...
R.I. no. 2 second in nursing home quality survey
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Rhode Island ranked second in the nation in a newly released survey of nursing home quality of care, according to Families...
Brown begins master’s program in health care
PROVIDENCE – The first class of 28 students from 14 states began their studies in the new Executive Master of Healthcare Leadership program at...
Mass. nurses file for ballot initiative
CANTON, Mass. – In response to deteriorating patient care conditions in the state’s acute care hospitals, the Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced that...
Dumpstaphunk to headline R.I. Rally4Recovery
PROVIDENCE – Ivan Neville, singer and songwriter with the group Dumpstaphunk, will be the headliner at the Sept. 21 Rally4Recovery event.
Former U.S. Rep....
Consumer Reports rates South County top R.I. hospital for surgery
WAKEFIELD – South County Hospital was rated top hospital in Rhode Island for its outstanding surgical care, according to the September issue of Consumer...
