Rob Borkowski
Medical community decries Trump administration’s cut of birth control coverage
PROVIDENCE – The Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services’ new rules eliminating the mandate that all businesses provide coverage for birth control...
Five Questions With: Dr. Corey Westerfeld
Retina specialist Dr. Corey Westerfeld returned from practicing at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Boston to Eye Health Vision Centers in Dartmouth in April...
Fine wins Starfield Primary Care Leadership Award
WASHINGTON – The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative honored Dr. Michael Fine with the Barbara Starfield Primary Care Leadership Award during the organization’s annual awards...
University Orthopedics first in R.I. offering knee cartilage regrowth treatment
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Brett Owens of University Orthopedics is among the first in the country, and the first in Rhode Island, to treat patients...
Mumma named new senior VP of Phoenix House in New England
PROVIDENCE – Phoenix House in New England has appointed Peter Mumma, former system director of psychiatry, behavioral health and addiction medicine at LifeBridge Health...
Blue Cross covering CSR health care subsidies for members
PROVIDENCE — Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island on Friday announced it will cover the cost of Cost Sharing Reduction subsidies for...
RIBGH Health Care Summit discusses laws preventing surprise medical billing
PROVIDENCE —Speakers at the Rhode Island Business Group on Health’s Annual Health Care Summit told attendees at the Providence Marriott Friday that surprise billing...
Stigma of opioid addiction barrier to improving care
The stigma surrounding the opioid addiction is similar to that of the AIDS epidemic in recent decades, says Dr. Martin Serota, chief medical officer...
‘Creative’ changes to ACA possible, but repeal dead
Affordable Care Act reform is more likely than repeal, and employers should take better advantage of cost-saving, health-plan tools in the meantime, according to...
Miriam Hospital wins federal grant to study post-incarceration opioid treatment
PROVIDENCE — Miriam Hospital has been awarded a federal $215,157 National Institutes of Health grant to study an innovative opioid addiction program for incarcerated...
- Featured Event -
