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More oversight urged for Medicare Advantage plans

The studies are of interest to anyone concerned about health care and public spending. But for Rhode Island, where Medicare Advantage plans cover a...

Ex-Blue Cross executive to head R.I. Free Clinic

PROVIDENCE – Lynne A. Urbani, one of four veteran Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island executives who left the company a year...

R.I. Hospital recognized for bariatric surgery

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital last month was named as a “Blue Distinction Center” for bariatric surgery by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of...

New CMS rule lets states redesign Medicaid

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have issued a final regulation they say gives states “unprecedented flexibility” in designing their...
FINANCIAL PLANNER GEORGE E. WRIGHT says the current economy climate is worse than any one he's experienced in 25 years. /

Five Questions With: George E. Wright

George E. Wright is celebrating an anniversary. His financial planning business, Diversified Resources LLC, has been operating for 25 years. Wright, a certified financial...

LGC&D honored for community work

PROVIDENCE – The CPA firm of Lefkowitz, Garfinkel, Champi and DeRienzo was recently honored as an “outstanding philanthropic business,” with less than 250 employees,...

Fitch assigns ‘AA-‘ rating to Mass. housing bonds

NEW YORK – Fitch Ratings has assigned an “AA-” rating to the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency’s $48.6 million housing bonds, 2008 series B. The...

Warwick-based CPA honored by magazine

WARWICK – CPA Magazine has selected Gregory Porcaro as one of the top 50 IRS practitioners in the country. Porcaro has been the principal...
IN THIS SCREENSHOT from the bank's Web site, James C. Smith, chairman and CEO of Webster Financial Corp., answers customers' questions on topics including the federal bailout and the health of the bank's assets. /

Webster looks to engage customers online

WATERBURY, Conn. – Webster Bank says it has launched an online feature that will offer “two-way dialogue” between the bank’s top executive and its...

Medicare Advantage made extra profit<br> in 2006, GAO finds

WASHINGTON – Insurers offering Medicare Advantage plans made $1.3 billion more in profits in 2006 than their own bids projected, a new report from...
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