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FROM LEFT ARE Dr. Thandeka Myenim and Scott Bowers of Koch Eye Associates; Kelly MacArthur Coates of Carpionato Group; Dr. Ronald O. Furman;, Dr. Lionel Lemos; Dr. Patricia Koch of Koch Eye Associates; Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian; Dr. Paul Koch of Koch Eye Associates; and Michael St. Onge of Claris Vision during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Koch Eye Associates family eye care center in Warwick. / COURTESY JS COMMUNICATIONS

Koch Eye Associates opens family eye care center in Warwick

WARWICK – Koch Eye Associates continued its 40-year history of growth in Warwick with a ribbon-cutting and grand opening ceremony for its new, 6,000-square-foot...
ABOUT 150 NURSING HOME workers picket outside of Pawtucket Genesis Nursing home on Oct. 17, calling for a $15-per-hour starting wage. / COURTESY DISTRICT 1199 SEIU NEW ENGLAND

Workers picket Pawtucket Genesis Nursing Home, call for higher wage

PAWTUCKET – About 198 nursing home caregivers picketed in front of Pawtucket Genesis Nursing Home, Hopkins Manor Nursing Home in North Providence and Charlesgate...
THE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY building at the Kingston campus of the University of Rhode Island in South Kingstown was recently renamed Paramaz Avedisian '54 Hall in honor of the alumnus, above, who was known for his advocacy for patients as well as his charity. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI dubs pharmacy building Paramaz Avedisian ’54 Hall in honor of...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island community dedicated its Kingston campus College of Pharmacy building to alumnus Paramaz Avedisian, ’54, whose lifetime...
PROVIDENCE MAYOR JORGE O. ELORZA and state officials have announced a Real Jobs Rhode Island partnership designed to train city residents in the health care and social service sectors. The program is supported by a $300,000 grant from the state Department of Labor and Training. / PBN FILE PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

Providence launches PVD Healthworks to boost health care, social assistance workforce

PROVIDENCE – Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza and the city’s Economic Opportunity Director Brian Hull met with state officials and health industry representatives Friday...

First Healing Arts fundraiser generates more than financial support

Private donors have long fueled the bulk of the Rhode Island Hospital Healing Arts programs’ efforts to ease hospital and emergency room visits through...

Coastal Medical support system eases workload, attracts physicians

Rhode Island is a difficult market for recruiting primary care doctors, but Providence-based Coastal Medical, which added 10 new physicians Oct. 2, says its...
PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES see health insurance rates in the Rhode Island individual market rising between 13.5 percent and 20.3 percent over 2017 due to the elimination of Cost Sharing Reduction subsidies. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

OHIC expects double-digit health insurance rate increases

PROVIDENCE —  The R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner reported that preliminary estimates of individual market health insurance rates see insurance premiums increasing between...
CARE NEW ENGLAND terminated negotiations with Prime Healthcare Foundation to sell Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island Monday night. The hospital will also discontinue its inpatient and emergency services. / COURTESY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND

CNE ends negotiations to sell Memorial, closing hospital’s emergency, inpatient services

PAWTUCKET - Care New England's board of directors terminated negotiations with Prime Healthcare Foundation to sell Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island Monday night and began...
A SAMPLE Medicare insurance membership card. Medicare Open Enrollment is in effect and ends Dec. 7. /COURTESY MEDICARE.GOV

R.I. Division of Elderly Affairs offers free Medicare advice as enrollment...

PROVIDENCE — If you’re not sure what to do now that Medicare Open Enrollment is under way, the R.I. Division of Elderly Affairs has...
MARIE L. GANIM, the Rhode Island Health Insurance Commissioner said that in order to mitigate impacts on health insurance rates, the state will focus insurance rate increases on the previously subsidized, passing the cost to the federal government. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ RUPERT WHITELEY

OHIC works to limit health insurance subsidy cut’s effect on insured

PROVIDENCE — When President Donald Trump signed an executive order canceling Cost Sharing Reduction subsidies to 17,000 Rhode Islanders who depend on the program to afford...
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