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PROVIDENCE'S GENDER PAY gap among physicians in 2017 ranked the fourth-largest in the U.S. in Doximity's Physician Compensation Report. / COURTESY DOXIMITY

Report: Providence female doctors see 4th-largest gender pay gap in U.S.

PROVIDENCE – Local female doctors are paid 31 percent less than their male counterparts, ranking fourth among the top five largest gender wage gaps in...
MARIE L. GANIM, Rhode Island health insurance commissioner, remains confident her office can control health care costs despite a report saying Partner HealthCare's acquisition of Care New England will negatively impact commercial insurance rates in the state. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ RUPERT WHITELEY

Report: CNE financial woes threaten R.I. health care affordability

PROVIDENCE – An analysis of Partners HealthCare of Massachusetts’ proposed acquisition of Care New England predicts the latter’s financial losses will inspire Partners to...

Top Doctors List names 279 local physicians to ranks for 2017-18

PROVIDENCE – About 279 physicians in Rhode Island and Bristol County, Mass., have been named by their peers to the Top Doctors List for...
FROM LEFT, HealthSource RI for Employers Director Zachary Sherman presents Providence Power Yoga owner JoEllen Hockenbrough and Director of Studio Operations Amy Ravenelle with a congratulatory certificate for being the organization’s 700th customer. / COURTESY HEALTHSOURCE RI

HealthSource RI for Employers welcomes 700th small business

PROVIDENCE – HealthSource RI for Employers, the health insurance marketplace for small-size employers, has enrolled its 700th small business with Providence Power Yoga, bringing...
SEN. SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, D-R.I., is one of several co-sponsors introducing the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) 2.0 Act to increase the funding authorization levels for the CARA programs enacted in 2016. / COURTESY OFFICE OF U.S. SEN. SHELDON WHITEHOUSE

Five Questions With: Sheldon Whitehouse

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., recently introduced the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) 2.0 Act to increase the funding authorization levels for the CARA...
LISA TOMASSO has been named director of external affairs at the Hospital Association of Rhode Island. / COURTESY HARI

HARI names external affairs director, government relations assistant

PROVIDENCE – The Hospital Association of Rhode Island and its members recently welcomed two new staff members, Lisa Tomasso, recently named director of external...
FROM LEFT, William T. Chen, physician at University Gastroenterology; Dr. Thomas Sepe, president of University Gastroenterology; Ed Cooley, men’s basketball head coach for Providence College; and Eric Newton, physician at University Gastroenterology and a clinical associate professor of medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, are encouraging people to get screened for colon cancer. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY GASTROENTEROLOGY

Cooley teams with local health groups to encourage colorectal screening

PROVIDENCE – Providence College Men’s Basketball Head Coach Ed Cooley is teaming up with University Gastroenterology and University Endoscopy Group to urge people 50...

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island reports $22.6M profit...

WARWICK – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island reported net income of $22.6 million in 2017, significantly better than the previous year’s...
DR. JERROLD N. ROSENBERG, 63, former operator of a now-defunct pain-management practice in Rhode Island, was sentenced in U.S. District Court March 9 to four years in prison for conspiring to solicit and receive kickbacks through his prescribing of the drug Subsys. / COURTESY JRMD.NET

Rosenberg sentenced to 4 years for Subsys prescription scam

PROVIDENCE – Dr. Jerrold N. Rosenberg, 62, of North Providence, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell Jr. Friday to four...

Despite growth in 4Q, IGT sees full-year revenue drop and net...

PROVIDENCE – Global gaming-machine and lottery company International Game Technology PLC’s fortunes showed what CEO Marco Sala called the start of a promising turnaround...
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