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LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER in Woonsocket. / PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

Landmark lays off 31

WOONSOCKET – Late Friday afternoon Landmark Medical Center announced that it had laid off 31 employees on Oct. 30, including members of management, administration...

A revolution in health care takes hold in Rhode Island

Imagine a state where all Rhode Islanders – from Woonsocket to Narragansett – enjoyed excellent health and quality of life. Instead of waiting to...
BEST BEHAVIOR: Janice M. Prochaska, Pro-Change Behavior System Inc. president and CEO, founded the company in the late 1990s and now oversees a staff of 20 people, many of whom are URI psychology department graduates. / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Her online programs help people manage their health

Over the last 10 years health-insurance companies have stressed the need for preventative health care and wellness programs. Well ahead of the curve in...

Pharmaceutical co. to pay more than $730K to Mass. in settlement

BOSTON – Attorney General Martha Coakley announced last week that a pharmaceutical manufacturer has agreed to pay more than $730,000 to the Massachusetts Medicaid...
CHRISTOPHER F. KOLLER, R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner, lowered the previously approved health insurance average premium increases for Tufts Health Plan subscribers.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Koller approves lower 2013 rates for Tufts subscribers

CRANSTON – R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller announced today that he was lowering the previously approved health insurance average premium increases for...
ALL BUT TWO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island's direct pay insurance programs earned less than four stars on U.S. News & World's list of the Best Health Insurance Plans. / COURTESY U.S. NEWS & WORLD

Blue Cross plans rank high on U.S. News list

NEW YORK – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island’s BlueSolutions for HAS Direct Plan 5000/10000 plan was the only insurance plan in...
A NEW BIDDER has emerged for Wooksocket's Landmark Medical Center, offering $4 million more than the bid submitted by Prime Healthcare Services. / PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

Owners of New Jersey hospitals offer unsolicited bid for Landmark

PROVIDENCE – Landmark Hospital Holdco LLC, owned by the principals of Bayonne Medical Center, Hoboken University Medical Center, and Christ Hospital in New Jersey,...

EpiVax awarded $55,000 to explore nerve disease treatment

PROVIDENCE – EpiVax Inc. was awarded a $55,000 grant from the GBS/CIDP Foundation International to explore using Tregitopes as a new therapy for a...

R.I.’s 1st recovery high school holds celebration

PROVIDENCE – The Anchor Learning Academy, Rhode Island’s first recovery high school, held its grand opening celebration on Oct. 24, featuring a roundtable discussion...

R.I. Hospital receives Consumer Choice Award

PROVIDENCE – For the 17th consecutive year, Rhode Island Hospital has received the Consumer Choice Award for excellence in providing high-quality patient care by...
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