Rob Borkowski
Health groups upgrade R.I. hepatitis C Medicaid access to ‘A-’
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Executive Office of Health and Human Services removed all restrictions on curative hepatitis C treatments for its Medicaid patients on...
Russo wins $100K grant to study cardiovascular, obstetric pregnancy complications
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Melissa Russo, a maternal-fetal medicine and clinical genetics specialist in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Women & Infants Hospital, will...
BCBSRI names Lifespan Physician Group an LGBTQ Safe Zone
PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has certified Lifespan Physician Group Inc. Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Services as an LGBTQ...
Burrell leads honorees in PBN’s first Diversity & Inclusion Awards
PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News has announced seven organizations and one individual winner in its new Diversity & Inclusion Awards program, who will be...
Veteran-service charities face varied challenges to fundraising efforts
Old hands at fundraising know the top three things that draw donors and their donations to a cause.
“Animals, then kids, then veterans are usually...
R.I. reports slight decline in opioid overdose deaths as national figures...
PROVIDENCE — The Ocean State has recorded a slight downturn in the number of opioid overdose deaths in 2017 and the start of 2018...
Chewsi app for dental work aims for national expansion
PROVIDENCE – Providence-based technology firm First Circle Inc., owned by Delta Dental, has been offering its app-based, lower-cost dental care platform Chewsidental.com, to a...
Ocean State Job Lot, RIDOH, ACS partner for employee cancer screenings
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Ocean State Job Lot, a leading discount closeout retailer headquartered in Rhode Island with stores throughout New England, New Jersey and...
Five Questions With: Carolyn Belisle
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is aiming to expand its Recess Rocks in RI initiative to 80 Rhode Island public schools...
Rich elected to 2018 National Academy of Medicine
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Josiah “Jody” Rich, professor of medicine and epidemiology at Brown University, has been elected to the 2018 class of the National Academy of...
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