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SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND REHABILITATION CENTER at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence was recently reaccredited for three years by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities.

Southern New England Rehabilitation Center reaccredited for 3 years

NORTH PROVIDENCE – Southern New England Rehabilitation Center has been reaccredited for three years by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. CARF, an international...
TUFTS HEALTH PLAN has been named the official presenting sponsor of the 2018 Rhode Races Half Marathon Series, which kicks off with the Newport Road Race at Easton’s Beach on Saturday, April 14. / COURTESY RHODE RACES & EVENTS

Tufts Health Plan named 2018 Rhode Races Half Marathon Series sponsor

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Races & Events has named Tufts Health Plan as the official presenting sponsor of the 2018 Rhode Races Half Marathon Series and...
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE is asking for more information in its review of the CVS Health-Aetna merger proposal, extending the waiting period on the application 30 days. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO /MICHAEL NAGLE

DOJ seeks new info on CVS Health-Aetna merger, extends waiting period...

WOONSOCKET — The U.S. Department of Justice extended the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act waiting period for CVS Health Corp. and Aetna Inc.’s merger review...

PBN names Manufacturing Awards winners, Amgen’s Bush takes top leadership spot

PROVIDENCE – Tia Bush, vice president of operations at West Greenwich biotech manufacturer Amgen Rhode Island, has been named the winner in the Leadership...
MARIE L. GANIM, the Rhode Island Health Insurance Commissioner, pictured here during the Oct. 5, 2017, PBN Health Care Summit. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ RUPERT WHITELEY

OHIC lists new goals for providers on patient-centered medical homes, risk-based...

PROVIDENCE — The Office of Health Insurance Commissioner has issued the 2018 requirements for its Care Transformation and Alternative Payment Methodology Plans, updates intended...
THE SALE OF West View Nursing & Rehabilitation Center to a Delaware LLC that includes the owner of Worcester-based Eden Healthcare has been approved by the R.I. Department of Health.

West View Nursing Home sold to Delaware company

WEST WARWICK — On Tuesday night the R.I. Department of Health’s Health Services Council approved the sale of West View Nursing & Rehabilitation Center...
JOHN M. HAIRABET JR., a former office manager of New England Anesthesiologists Inc., has been sentenced to three years in prison for embezzling $700K from New England Anesthesiologists. / COURTESY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Financial consultant sentenced to 3 years for embezzling $700K from New...

PROVIDENCE – A financial management consultant was sentenced to three years and one month in federal prison today for embezzling more than $700,000 in bank...
THE PEDIATRIC ANXIETY Research Center at the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center has received a $3.4 million grant to compare at-home and office-based outpatient treatment for kids with anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder. Above, Bradley Hospital. / COURTESY LIFESPAN

Bradley granted $3.4M to study anxiety, OCD therapy

PROVIDENCE — The Pediatric Anxiety Research Center at the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center has received a $3.4 million grant to compare at-home and...
SEN. JEANINE CALKIN, D-Warwick, and Rep. Aaron Regunberg, D-Providence, recently announced their introduction of legislation to provide all Rhode Islanders access to affordable health care by establishing a single-payer health care system in the state. / COURTESY JACK NEWTON

Calkin-Regunberg bill would establish first state single-payer health care system

PROVIDENCE – A bill co-sponsored by Sen. Jeanine Calkin, D-Warwick, and Rep. Aaron Regunberg, D-Providence, would establish a “Medicare-for-all” single-payer program that would replace multiple...
KEVIN SPLAINE was recently named executive vice president of care integration and management at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island. / COURTESY BCBSRI

Five Questions With: Kevin Splaine

Kevin Splaine, recently named executive vice president of care integration and management at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, is now leading...
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