Helping CVS Caremark navigate changing industry
The U.S. health care industry is in the midst of unprecedented transition. Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is poised to...
Slimming down, shaping up, with customers in mind
Michael Hudson’s motto is his mantra: The customer pays for everything.
Hudson became the chief financial officer at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode...
Rhode Island to partner with Advisory Board on health care innovation...
WASHINGTON – As part of the “Healthy Rhode Island” initiative, Lt. Gov. Elizabeth H. Roberts, chair of the R.I. Healthcare Reform Commission, announced Tuesday...
Poverty, income disparities abound for R.I. children
WARWICK – The findings of the 2013 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook released Monday at a policy breakfast at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick revealed...
Coastal Medical adds two new practices
PROVIDENCE – Coastal Medical, Rhode Island’s largest physician-owned and physician-governed primary care group practice, has announced that Pawtucket-based Hillside Family and Community Medicine, and...
Community-needs assessment findings to be presented
PROVIDENCE – On May 1, the Hospital Association of Rhode Island will release the findings from its statewide community-health needs assessment and launch a...
United, physician group look to drive patient engagement
PROVIDENCE – Using a new website, mywellview.com, that integrates a patient’s medical records, health expenses and health plan information in one place, UnitedHealthcare...
CSI-RI adding up to 20 more primary care practices
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Chronic Care Sustainability Initiative plans to increase its number of participating primary care medical practices from 16 to 36,...
New potential realignment in women’s health
PROVIDENCE – Lifespan is in negotiations and close to finalizing the purchase of OB-GYN Associates Inc., one of the largest obstetric-gynecological medical practices in...
EpiVax creates recipe for novel vaccine approach to new flu strain
PROVIDENCE – An analysis of the new strain of what’s being called Shanghai bird flu, known as H7N9, conducted by Dr. Anne S. De...