Exchange’s new direction becomes clearer
PROVIDENCE – The new names and tag lines for the R.I. Health Benefits Exchange that tested the best with consumers were “RI Health Source...
Lifespan continues restructuring its workforce
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PROVIDENCE – Lifespan, Rhode Island’s largest hospital network, is undertaking what it called an “Operational Restructuring Initiative” to trim between $100 and...
Koller orders health care pricing transparency by insurers
PROVIDENCE – In a bulletin issued Tuesday afternoon to health care insurers, R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller announced new “obligations” for insurers...
Home & Hospice Care named among U.S. best
PROVIDENCE – Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island has been named a 2013 Hospice Honors recipient, recognizing the agency as one of the...
Vaccine development for H7N9 flu moving forward
PROVIDENCE – It has been a very busy month and half for Dr. Anne S. De Groot and her team at EpiVax, a bioscience...
Next step charted on path to a statewide plan
PROVIDENCE – After a lengthy and often frank discussion, the state’s Health Planning Advisory Council reached consensus at its May 13 meeting on future...
Lifespan, Gateway receive state OK to partner
PROVIDENCE – Lifespan, the state’s largest hospital network, received state approval to expand its network in a new partnership with Gateway Healthcare, the region’s...
EpiVax team publishes research on H7N9 flu; plans vaccines
PROVIDENCE – A research paper on the emerging threat from the H7N9 flu, written by Dr. Annie De Groot and her team at EpiVax,...
Rate hike seen likely for many
Despite efforts from government and industry to reduce health care spending, Rhode Island health insurers say the cost curve is bending in the wrong...
McAuley House launches pro-nutrition initiative
PROVIDENCE – The McAuley House meal site launched a new anti-hunger, pro-health initiative on May 10 piloting the use of an olive-oil, plant-based diet...