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VNA of Rhode Island closing Dec. 20
WARWICK — VNA of Rhode Island, a home care and hospice organization, announced Wednesday it is closing Dec. 20, and will arrange to transfer...
Nurses to protest as St. Joseph’s pension receivership unfolds
PROVIDENCE — The St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island Retirement Plan, in receivership and requiring $43 million to fully fund, may cut benefits...
University Medicine, CCRI collaborate on nursing apprentice program
EAST PROVIDENCE – University Medicine has launched an apprenticeship program at Community College of Rhode Island for medical assistants employed by the medical group...
Five Questions With: Eric J. Beane
Gov. Gina Raimondo appointed Eric J. Beane as R.I. Secretary of Health and Human Services in May. Beane had served as acting DHS director...
Licare joins Newport Women’s Health
NEWPORT – Dr. Lisa Licare, an obstetrician/gynecologist, has joined Newport Women’s Health, a Lifespan Physician Group practice affiliated with Newport Hospital.
“As an OB-GYN, I...
R.I. Medical Society names new officers
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Medical Society recently announced three new officers for the upcoming year and honored three doctors for their service to...
NHPRI employees pitch in on Tides Family Services facility renovation
PAWTUCKET – More than 100 employees of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island joined forces with dozens of other community volunteers to spend three...
PBN 2017 Fall Health Care Summit tackles ACA reform, opioid epidemic
WARWICK — Panelists at the Providence Business News Health Care Summit at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick Thursday morning agreed that the Affordable Care Act...
CHIP funding expiration risks 27K R.I. children’s health care coverage as...
PROVIDENCE — Congress missed the Sept. 30 deadline to extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, which provided low-cost health insurance to 9...
ChartWise to debut comprehensive medical cost analysis
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — ChartWise Medical Systems Inc. plans to disrupt the medical coding and documentation industry at the American Health Information Management Convention in...
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