UnitedHealthcare alters oral-health policies in response to opioid epidemic
PROVIDENCE – About 5 million Americans will have their wisdom teeth removed this year, with 70 percent prescribed opioid pain medication, and UnitedHealthcare has...
Five Questions With: Dr. Rishi Lulla
Hasbro Children’s Hospital recently named Dr. Rishi Lulla as its new chief of pediatric hematology and oncology. Lulla spent years as an attending physician in...
N.E. Medical Innovation Center expands to new Providence site
PROVIDENCE – It’s only been a few months since the New England Medical Innovation Center opened its Chestnut Street location, but it’s moving down...
RI Bio names new board of directors member, board chair emeritus
PROVIDENCE – Life sciences industry group RI Bio has named a new member to its board of directors as well as a new board...
URI College of Nursing names new associate dean of graduate programs
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Katherine Hutchinson will join the University of Rhode Island’s College of Nursing as associate dean of graduate programs and research this...
Hasbro Children’s Hospital receives $103K from Spirit Halloween
PROVIDENCE – Hasbro Children’s Hospital was the beneficiary of a $103,066 donation from seasonal Halloween retailer Spirit Halloween, which the hospital received Jan. 22...
New CMS rule requires hospitals to post pricing data online
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requires hospitals’ pricing data to be posted to their websites, billed as the first step toward a...
Raimondo proposes new fee to ensure employers offer health insurance
A powerful disincentive for not offering employees health care insurance is included in the proposed 2020 budget introduced by Gov. Gina M. Raimondo.
If a...
Raimondo budget supports reinsurance program
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s budget includes proposals she says are intended to keep health insurance affordable for thousands of Rhode Islanders, in response to...
Goldberg receives lifetime achievement honor from Rhode Island Hospital
DR. RICHARD J. GOLDBERG, former senior vice president for psychiatry and behavioral health for Lifespan Corp., recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Rhode...
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