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CNE names Haffey president and COO at Kent Hospital

PROVIDENCE — Care New England has named Robert J. Haffey as the new president and chief operating officer of Kent Hospital, who will take...

AARP Report: Medicare contributes $2.5B to Rhode Island economy

PROVIDENCE – Medicare contributes $2.5 billion to Rhode Island’s economy, equivalent to 21 percent of state and local government spending in the state, according...

Groden Center behavioral specialists seek more timely contract negotiations

PROVIDENCE - Groden Center behavioral specialists represented by District 1199 SEIU New England elaborated on complaints of low pay, high turnover and placing inexperienced...

Rhode Island Hospital resumes hospital to hospital transfers, UNAP strike continues

PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp. reports Rhode Island Hospital resumed accepting hospital-to-hospital transfers Wednesday morning, with a lower-than-usual patient volume at its emergency department, as United...

Trump administration resumes ACA risk management payments

PROVIDENCE — The Trump administration is resuming $10.4 billion in Affordable Care Act risk management payments halted earlier this month after a New Mexico...

Rhode Island Hospital resumes taking all EMS, advanced stroke care calls

PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island Hospital’s emergency department is accepting all EMS cases after about 24 hours diverting calls to area hospitals in response to...

Groden Network employees plan Wednesday picket

PROVIDENCE —  Groden Center behavioral specialists, members of District 1199 SEIU New England, plan an informational picket at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the school's 86 Mt....

Rhode Island, Hasbro Children’s Hospitals caring for 411 patients as strike...

PROVIDENCE — The first day of the United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5098’s strike at Rhode Island and Hasbro Children’s Hospitals started at...

R.I. Hospital, Hasbro Hospital strike on as Lifespan, UNAP end talks

PROVIDENCE — Contract talks between United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5098 and Lifespan Corp. ordered by a federal mediator ended this morning with...

VNA of Care New England welcomes new hospice volunteer coordinator

WARWICK – Barbara Fletcher has joined VNA of Care New England as the organization’s new hospice volunteer coordinator. Fletcher will recruit and train hospice volunteers....
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