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Five Questions With: Joseph A. Nagle

In 1992, Delta Dental of Rhode Island CEO Joseph A. Nagle and his wife, Jan, received devastating news: their son Colin was diagnosed with...

Wheeler sole R.I. physician to pass pediatric, adolescent gynecology designation exam

PROVIDENCE – Dr. Carol A. Wheeler, a reproductive endocrinologist at the Fertility Center at Women & Infants Hospital, recently took and passed the American...

Report: SSTAR named among top 100 women-led businesses in Mass.

FALL RIVER – Stanley Street Treatment and Resources, a nonprofit health care and social service agency providing services for people with risky substance use,...

Assisted Living Locators launches North Attleborough location

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH – Assisted Living Locators has opened a new location in North Attleborough, owned by Assisted Living Locators Eldercare Advisor Maggie daSilva, to...
HEALTH REFORM: The focus of the second panel of participants at the Health Care Summit at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick on Oct. 30 was health care reform and the insurance market, especially in light of the passing of the Republican tax cut bill in 2017 that removes the penalty for not signing up for health care in 2019. From left: Marc Spooner, executive vice president, commercial and government products, Tufts Health Plan; R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner Marie L. Ganim; HealthSource RI Director Zachary W. Sherman; Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island Chief Growth Officer Dave Burnett; Daniel Moynihan, vice president, contracting, Lifespan; and Coastal Medical CEO Dr. Alan Kurose.
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‘Confusion’ over ACA’s future threatens market stability

A weakened individual mandate for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act taking effect next year remains a potent threat to local health care...
TOUGH TASKS: Participants on the first panel of the Health Care Summit at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick discuss how to reintegrate into the workforce those who have experienced opioid overdoses and how to curb wasteful health care spending. From left: Landmark Medical Center CEO Michael Souza; UnitedHealthcare CEO Stephen Farrell; CVS MinuteClinic Chief Nurse Practitioner Officer Angela Patterson; and CODAC Behavioral Healthcare CEO Linda Hurley.
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Overdoses, end-of-life care challenge health system

The next challenge in caring for those who experience opioid overdoses is long-term reintegration into the workforce and society, panelists said during Providence Business...

Report: R.I. ranks No. 7 in Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade with...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has fallen from third to seventh among 50 states and the District of Columbia since spring, with three out of seven...

NIDA funds $1.8M Pro-Change substance abuse risk screening software study

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The National Institute on Drug Abuse has just awarded Pro-Change Behavior Systems’ Chief Science Officer Dr. Deborah Levesque a $1.77 million grant...

R.I. to launch first 24/7 mental health, substance-use triage, call center...

EAST PROVIDENCE – The state’s first triage and 24/7 hotline call center for overdose and addiction crises, the $1.4 million Behavioral Health Link, will...

Lifespan, University Cardiovascular Surgical Associates create cardio research exchange with Chinese...

PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp., the Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute and University Cardiovascular Surgical Associates executives met Wednesday with a delegation from Huazhong University of Science...
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