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Neighborhood loses $1.7 million in 2017, as proposed Medicaid cuts worry...

SMITHFIELD – Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island posted a net loss of $1.7 million in 2017, and President and CEO Peter M. Marino...
DERICA RICE, former chief financial officer of Eli Lilly, has been named president of pharmacy benefits managment company CVS Caremark and will begin in that role March 30. / COURTESY CVS HEALTH

CVS Health names Rice president of CVS Caremark

WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. has announced Derica W. Rice, recently retired Eli Lilly chief financial officer, as the new president of CVS Caremark, the...
THOMAS ADAMS is the new executive director of AIDS Care Ocean State. / COURTESY AIDS OCEAN STATE

Adams settling in as AIDS Care Ocean State’s new executive director

PROVIDENCE — Thomas Adams, the new executive director at AIDS Care Ocean State, is excited about diversifying the organization’s funding outside federal sources, charting...
HEALTHSOURCE RI reported a five percent increase in paying enrollees year over year. HSRI also said that 35 percent of paying enrollees were in the 18-34 age group. /COURTESY HSRI

HSRI: Paying customers up 5%

PROVIDENCE — HealthSource RI, the state’s Affordable Care Act exchange, reported that paying customers increased by 5 percent in 2018, with 18-34 -year-olds making...
PRO-CHANGE BEHAVIOR SYSTEMS has won a grant from the Lupus Foundation of America to help develop an online self-management program for people recently diagnosed with lupus.

Pro-Change to develop online self-management tool for lupus patients

PROVIDENCE – Pro-Change Behavior Systems Inc. has won a grant from the Lupus Foundation of America to help develop an online self-management program for...
DR. HELENA KUHN is a board-certified dermatologist at Brown Dermatology and an assistant professor of dermatology at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. / COURTESY BROWN DERMATOLOGY

Five Questions With: Dr. Helena Kuhn

Dr. Helena Kuhn is a board-certified dermatologist at Brown Dermatology Inc., and an assistant professor of dermatology at the Warren Alpert Medical School of...
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE Control and Prevention recommends the shingles vaccine Shingrix, now available at all CVS Pharmacy locations, for adults 50 years and older. / COURTESY CDC

CVS offers new shingles vaccine at all pharmacy locations

WOONSOCKET – About 99 percent of people 50 and older are at risk for shingles, a painful rash also known as herpes zoster, and...
AARP RHODE ISLAND Director Kathleen Connell, center, congratulates Sen. Maryellen Goodwin, left, and Rep. Aaron Regunberg at the R.I. Statehouse March 6. The legislators were named 2017 AARP Capitol Caregivers for their earned paid sick leave legislation passed last year. / COURTESY AARP

AARP honors Goodwin, Regunberg for helping family caregivers

PROVIDENCE – AARP honored Senate Majority Whip Maryellen Goodwin, D-Providence, and Rep. Aaron Regunberg, D-Providence, on March 6 for their work passing earned paid...
DONNA DUPUIS is the new director of nursing at Blackstone Valley Community Health Care. / COURTESY BLACKSTONE VALLEY COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE

Blackstone Valley Community Health Care names Dupuis director of nursing

PAWTUCKET – Blackstone Valley Community Health Care Inc. has hired Donna Dupuis as its new director of nursing. Dupuis joins BVCHC after working the majority...
FIGHTING PARKINSON’S: Rich Gingras, center, a retired New England boxing champion, opened The Parkinson’s Place gym in Pawtucket to help Parkinson’s patients mitigate the effects of the disease through fitness. He works with Stuart Marshal, left, of Bristol, and Chuck Eckhardt of North Attleborough. / 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Boxing therapy an effective treatment for Parkinson’s patients

There's no cure for the progressive, neurodegenerative Parkinson’s disease, but physical training is an effective treatment, as Rich Gingras, founder of The Parkinson’s Place...
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