Friday, March 29, 2024

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FROM LEFT: Patricia Saracino, vice president of community relations for BankRI; Lisa Smolski, executive director of Rhode Island Free Clinic; and Merrill Sherman, president and CEO of BankRI. /

BankRI donates $10K to clinic to assist uninsured

Bank Rhode Island recently made a $10,000 donation to the Rhode Island Free Clinic, which is based in Providence. The funds will be used...

For many businesses it’s about health care

Two stories in this week’s edition speak to the relevance of health care reform to business owners. Aside from the economy, there is no...
TODD STOTTLEMeYER, president and CEO of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, speaks to a group of business owners at the Providence Marriott Hotel. /

Business advocate fears insurance mandate effects

Everyone agrees that taking steps to prevent illness can cut an individual’s health care costs in the short term, but preventive care will never...

Cost of near-universal care rising in Massachusetts

Several states have discussed it, but none has gone as far as Massachusetts. In a bipartisan agreement two years ago that many have called...

CMS to boost long-term hospitalization pay, <br>cut nursing home pay

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) last week announced rate adjustments for fiscal 2009 that will increase reimbursements for...
UNITEDHEALTHCARE of New England CEO Stephen J. Farrell has presented Rhode Island with a new pricing structure for public employee health insurance. /

UnitedHealthcare offers extra savings for state

PROVIDENCE – UnitedHealthcare of New England last week sweetened the deal it has been offering municipalities and school districts by adding extra discounts if...

MetLife posts 37.4% decline in 1Q profit

NEW YORK – MetLife Inc. (NYSE: MET) posted a first-quarter profit of $615 million, a 37.4-percent decrease from the year-ago period’s $983 million, despite...

Fed again cuts 2 key interest rates

WASHINGTON – Policymakers for the Federal Reserve System today continued their series of rate cuts, lowering both key interest rates for the sixth time...

Astro-Med to present to financial analysts today

WEST WARWICK – Top managers of Astro-Med Inc. a West Warwick-based manufacturer of specialty printing systems and supplies, will give a presentation this afternoon...

1Q foreclosures increase in R.I., nationally

IRVINE, Calif. – Foreclosures continued to grow in the first quarter as adjustable-rate mortgages re-set at higher levels and home-price declines continued. California-based RealtyTrac...
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