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AG sues opioid manufacturers, distributors alleging deceptive marketing
PROVIDENCE — Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin has filed a suit against two pharmaceutical companies and three distributors, alleging their campaign unfairly, deceptively, and...
R.I. receives $10M increase in opioid-mitigation funding
PROVIDENCE – Sens. Jack F. Reed, D-R.I., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., led an effort to successfully change the grant formula for state opioid-mitigation funding...
Five Questions With: Dr. Robert M. Najarian
Dr. Robert M. Najarian, recently named the medical director of University Gastroenterology’s new Pathology Center in Portsmouth, has more than 13 years of experience...
URI nursing students simulate home care scenarios
PROVIDENCE – Nurse practitioner students in the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing have a head start on preparing for challenging home care...
PACE names Paolino, L’Europa to board of directors
PROVIDENCE – PACE Organization of Rhode Island has added Stephanie Paolino and Julie Ann L’Europa to its board of directors, broadening the body’s perspective...
Thundermist Health Center offers free HIV testing June 27
WARWICK – The only way to know for sure if you have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is to get tested, and there...
Kent Hospital to invest $1.7M in patient verification systems after 4...
WARWICK – Kent Hospital, a Care New England facility, has agreed with the R.I. Department of Health to invest at least $1.7 million into...
Tufts Health Plan will pay high-deductible plan drug rebates upfront
WATERTOWN, Mass. — Tufts Health Plan will pass prescription rebates directly to fully insured commercial members on high-deductible Saver plans when they fill their...
General Assembly OKs bill encouraging quick settlement of St. Joseph pension...
PROVIDENCE — The General Assembly has passed legislation preventing members of the collapsed St. Joseph Health Services pension plan who settle with one of...
Dentist admits under-reporting $1.2M to IRS
PROVIDENCE — A North Providence dentist pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence Wednesday to tax evasion, admitting that he diverted and failed...
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