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MERRILL W. SHERMAN, the co-founder of Bank Rhode Island and principal at Sherman Consulting LLC, has been named to the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island board of directors. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Sherman joins BCBSRI board

PROVIDENCE – Merrill W. Sherman, principal at Sherman Consulting LLC and former president and CEO of Bank Rhode Island, has been named as the...
MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND health plans covered the largest percentage of the health benefits deemed "essential" by the Affordable Care Act. / COURTESY HEALTHPOCKET INC.

Health plans in R.I., Mass. most comprehensive in U.S.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Although fewer than 2 percent of available health plans satisfy all required health benefits under the federal Affordable Care Act, Massachusetts...
LANDMARK HOSPITAL HOLDCO, a potential new bidder for Landmark Medical Center, has reached a tentative five-year collective bargaining agreement with the United Nurses & Allied Professionals Local 5067 union that represents nearly 600 employees at the medical center. / PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

Union reaches tentative pact with potential new Landmark suitor

(Updated, 4 p.m.) WOONSOCKET – A tentative five-year collective bargaining agreement has been reached between United Nurses & Allied Professionals, Local 5067, the union that...
STATE REGULATORS are seeking more information from Care New England and Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island regarding the application for Memorial to join the hospital network. / COURTESY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND

Regulators seek more information on Care N.E., Memorial merger

PROVIDENCE – State regulators reviewing the expedited application by Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island to join the Care New England hospital network have requested...
IN THE UPCOMING FALL semester, Salve Regina University will launch a new Bachelor's degree program in health care administration and management. / COURTESY SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY

Salve to launch health care administration degree program

NEWPORT – Salve Regina University will launch a new Bachelor of Science degree program in health care administration and management beginning in the upcoming...

Textbook written by Women & Infants providers wins award

PROVIDENCE – A textbook written and edited by health care providers at Women & Infants Hospital won a 2012 Book of the Year Award...

R.I. receives $1.6M to design health care model

PROVIDENCE – A six-month planning grant for $1.6 million under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation Center’s “State Innovation Model Design Program” was...

Preventure moves into new expanded facility

COVENTRY – Preventure, a corporate health and wellness provider, moved into its new 10,000 square feet facility on Nooseneck Hill Road on Feb. 25,...

Whitehouse receives ‘Champion of Hope’ award

PROVIDENCE – The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network presented Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse with its “Congressional Champion of Hope” award on Feb. 25, to commend his...
UNITED HEALTHCARE and LIFESPAN have announced the creation of an accountable coordinated care organization, the first of its kind in New England.  / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/SCOTT EELLS

Lifespan, UnitedHealthcare to partner on new approach to care

PROVIDENCE – United HealthCare and Lifespan, Rhode Island’s largest hospital network, have announced the creation of an accountable coordinated care organization, or ACCO, the...
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