Panel recommends free wellness coverage for women
WASHINGTON – A committee of the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine has recommended that all health insurance plans be required to offer...
Executive order recommended to move exchange forward
PROVIDENCE – In a unanimous voice vote, the executive committee of the R.I. Healthcare Reform Commission recommended on July 18 that Gov. Lincoln D....
Blackstone Valley breaks ground on $6.7M facility
PAWTUCKET – Last year, Blackstone Valley Community Health Care served more than 11,500 patients – an increase of more than 16 percent since the...
Express Scripts-Medco deal may spur purchases by rivals
WASHINGTON - Express Scripts Inc.’s takeover of Medco Health Solutions Inc. may fuel acquisitions of specialty pharmacy benefit managers by rivals seeking to gain...
HARI: Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid would put R.I. hospitals at risk
CRANSTON – Proposed cuts to Medicare and Medicaid federal spending, now under discussion in Congress as part of the deficit reduction plans, could cost...
Express Scripts to buy Medco for $29.1 billion to gain scale
WASHINGTON - Express Scripts Inc. agreed to buy Medco Health Solutions Inc. for $29.1 billion to become the largest pharmacy-benefits manager in the U.S.
The...
AARP: The cost of caregiving in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE – The economic value of caring for an adult family member, partner or friend who suffered with chronic conditions or disabilities in Rhode...
Online portal brings Internet to senior communities
QUINCY, Mass. — Three senior housing communities will debut the Connected Living senior-friendly, Web-based portals this month.
Greenwich Farms in Warwick, Capitol Ridge in Providence...
Women & Infants, others recognized in Best Hospital rankings
PROVIDENCE – Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island earned three designations in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2011-12 Best Hospitals ranking.
Women &...
Five Questions With: Charles Hewitt
Sometime later this summer, currentcare will enable health care providers access to patient data across the portal known as the Health Information Exchange, a...
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