UnitedHealth Group CEO steps down as company withdraws financial outlook
UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty is stepping down for personal reasons and the nation's largest health insurer suspended its full-year financial outlook due to higher-than-expected...
Nursing assistant training program gets probationary license after state violations uncovered
PROVIDENCE – A nursing assistant training program’s application for an ownership change is on probation after the R.I. Department of Health found several violations...
Trump signs executive order aimed to lower prescription drug costs
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order setting a 30-day deadline for drugmakers to lower the cost of prescription drugs in the...
OHIC: hospital, drug costs drove jump in health care spending
CRANSTON – Hospital and drug costs were the main drivers of a 7.8% rise in health care spending in 2023, according to a report...
CCRI partners with RIC to launch online RN to BSN program
PROVIDENCE – The Community College of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College recently announced a fully online Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in...
Five Questions With: Dr. Zobeida Diaz
May is recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental health is considered one of the main complications of pregnancy and the postpartum period.
Dr. Zobeida...
Women & Infants Hospital gala raises more than $410,000
PROVIDENCE – The Women & Infants Hospital 2025 Gala, which was held May 2, raised more than $410,000 for the hospital.
Hundreds of community leaders,...
Sturdy Health’s Natalie Cook named to Becker’s 2025 list of ‘Top...
ATTLEBORO – Sturdy Health recently announced that Natalie Cook, vice president and chief human resources officer, was named to one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s...
Warwick wellness studio specializes in float therapy
After just 15 minutes into his first session of float therapy, Scott Mitchell fell into a deep meditation.
Mitchell, who was looking for a way...
Does primary care plan have a shot at solving crisis?
Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s new multipronged plan to shore up the state’s sinking primary care system has some in the industry questioning whether it...
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