BPCI a roadmap for caregivers
There has been much written about innovations within hospitals, primary and other settings of care. However, as the population continues to age, post-acute and...
BCBSRI employee groups inform diversity approach
HEALTH CARE Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode IslandWith Kim Keck, its first female president and CEO, chosen to lead two years ago,...
Nurses’ Institute Middle College shapes, trains nursing workforce
EDUCATION Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle CollegeThe Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College charter high school, founded in 2011 to prepare a diverse group...
With Amazon.com looming, Walgreens starts next-day drug delivery
NEW YORK - Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. is rolling out a nationwide next-day prescription-delivery service to fend off competition from Amazon.com Inc. and numerous venture...
CVS to offer guaranteed net cost pricing for PBM services
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. announced Wednesday it is offering a new pharmacy-benefit management services pricing model that it said will simplify financial arrangements...
Leapfrog Group names St. Anne’s, The Miriam among top U.S. hospitals
FALL RIVER — The Leapfrog Group has named St. Anne’s Hospital among the 35 top general hospitals in the United States, and also named...
RICHA names Fraser president and CEO upon Burke’s retirement
WARWICK — The Rhode Island Health Care Association has announced Scott Fraser will replace President and CEO Virginia Burke, who will retire at the...
Brown researchers win $12M grant renewal to study how brains think
PROVIDENCE — Brown University’s Center for Central Nervous System Function, has received a $12 million grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health’s Centers of Biomedical...
CVS ordered by U.S. judge to defend consummation of Aetna deal
NEW YORK - CVS Health Corp. and Aetna Inc., which completed their merger last week before getting court approval for a settlement with the...
Bloomberg visits ACI to learn about R.I.’s medication-assisted treatment program
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s national reputation for its innovative approach to curbing opioid-addiction deaths using medication-assisted treatment at the R.I. Department of Corrections attracted...
