R.I. getting $4.2M to reduce use of hospital ERs
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) last week announced grants of $37.5 million to support 29 programs in 20...
Mass. creates panel on veterans’ mental health
BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick last week signed legislation creating a commission to study the mental health needs of U.S. military veterans returning...
Health sector outspends all others on lobbying
WASHINGTON – A new report by the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks spending in U.S. politics, shows the health care sector spent $444.7...
Medicare seeks to deny payment for 9 more problems
WASHINGTON – New rules proposed a week ago by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would add nine conditions to the list...
Toronto geriatrics expert to speak at URI
KINGSTON – Geoff Fernie, a professor at the University of Toronto and vice president of research at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, will speak at...
Health center project gets $640,000 in federal grants
PROVIDENCE – Two federal grants will help Providence Community Health Centers move its Allen Berry clinic to a new, 60,000-square-foot facility on a brownfields...
Bradley breaks ground for $33.1M expansion
EAST PROVIDENCE – A three-year design process came to fruition as Bradley Hospital broke ground on Monday for a 44,000-square-foot addition to its...
Butler Hospital, union avert strike
PROVIDENCE – Butler Hospital and the New England Healthcare Employees Union / SEIU, District 1199, today announced a tentative contract.
The deal averts a strike...
Local startups Myomics and CellCure merge
PROVIDENCE – Local biotechnology startups Myomics Inc. and CellCure Inc. have merged into one venture focusing on the discovery and screening of new compounds...
Landmark eyes merger with Memorial Hospital
WOONSOCKET and PAWTUCKET – Landmark Medical Center, which has been struggling financially and has approached Lifespan twice in the last year to discuss the...
