Newport Hospital losses reach $15.6M
NEWPORT – Newport Hospital’s investments lost $15.6 million in the first nine months of the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, Fitch Ratings...
Brown event to help set NIH agenda
Women & Infants Hospital and Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School are co-hosting a conference Monday through Wednesday, Sept. 21 to 23, as part...
Whitehouse seeks to ease access to records
U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse last week introduced legislation that would allow family members to access a deceased relative’s Medicare and Medicaid records online with...
Study: Brain key to keeping weight off
Why do some people who lose weight keep it off, while others gain the pounds right back? A new study from The Miriam Hospital...
Doctors want public, private insurance options
A new study from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found 63 percent of physicians support a health reform plan that includes both a public...
450+ attend Beacon builders’ safety fair
More than 450 people employed in construction in Rhode Island attended a workplace safety fair last Tuesday hosted by the Beacon Mutual Insurance Co....
Five Questions With: Edward Quinlan
After weeks of fiery rhetoric and rowdy town hall meetings, the partisan divide over health care reform is as clear as ever, and public...
‘Reform health delivery’ to control costs
WARWICK – To reform health care, key factors that contribute to increased costs must be identified – and there are many of them –...
Congressmen ask FTC to probe CVS deal
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of U.S. congressmen have sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission asking the agency to reexamine the 2007...
CVS nabs 40% of R.I. business tax breaks
PROVIDENCE – CVS Caremark Corp. received nearly 40 percent of the $33.12 million in business tax credits that the state handed out during the...
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