Federal help for Medicaid expansion will aid adoption
Officials in the Obama administration confidently predict that few, if any, states will opt out of the expansion of Medicaid that health care reform...
Home & Hospice Care receives $10,000 grant
In honor of its 100th anniversary celebration, Liberty Mutual Insurance has donated $10,000 to Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island.
The grant is...
Gillette Stadium goes completely smoke-free
FOXBORO, Mass. – Gillette Stadium is now a fully smoke-free facility.
All areas inside the stadium gates are designated as nonsmoking, a policy that...
Kent Hospital sponsors road races and walks
WARWICK – Kent Hospital announced on July 9 that it will serve as the corporate sponsor of a series of road races and walks...
Tenenbaum gets autism research fellowship
PROVIDENCE – Elena Tenenbaum, a researcher with Women & Infants Hospitals’ Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk, was awarded a two-year...
Coastal Medical begins expanded coverage
PROVIDENCE – On July 8, Coastal Medical Inc., Rhode Island’s largest primary-care group practice, initiated seven-day-a-week, 365-days-a-year coverage for its 105,000 patients.
The innovative approach...
Memorial appoints two to exec. business team
PAWTUCKET – Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, in the midst of talks with Care New England to discuss a potential merger, has named two...
Brown launching master’s program in health leadership
PROVIDENCE – Brown University is launching its first executive-education program, an executive master of health care leadership, to begin in August 2013.
The program is...
OHIC proposes new conditions for decision on 2012 rate requests
CRANSTON – R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller issued a notice of new proposed conditions relating to the rate factor decision for the...
Starkweather acquires Sturbridge, Mass., firm
EAST PROVIDENCE - Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc., the state’s largest independent insurance agency, announced today that it has acquired Insurance Professionals of...
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