Blue Cross open enrollment deadline approaching
PROVIDENCE – Open enrollment for purchasing health insurance plans directly from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is currently ongoing and will...
Want to fix the pension system? Start reading here
General Treasurer Gina M. Raimondo has eloquently discussed the problems of the underfunding of the Rhode Island pension system, identifying it not as a...
Blood center nears $7.8M expansion
When Larry Smith started working in blood-donation services in 1978, the government required two tests on donated blood. Thirty-three years later the test requirements...
State blood center goes with the flow
The Rhode Island Blood Center, born in 1978, moved into its current, cramped quarters 25 years ago. But now a long-overdue expansion, estimated to...
Union agrees to contract with Landmark’s new owner
WOONSOCKET – Local 5067 of the United Nurses & Allied Professionals, the union representing 625 health care professionals at Landmark Medical Center and the...
Court approves Landmark sale to Steward
PROVIDENCE – The proposed sale of Landmark Medical Center and its affiliate, the Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island, to the Boston-based Steward Health Care...
CVS wins $3 billion government benefits contract from Medco
NEW YORK - CVS Caremark Corp. won a $3 billion contract to provide pharmacy benefits to federal employees, easing concern that the largest U.S....
Five Questions With: Dr. Tim McAfee
In response to a proposed legislation to roll back the state tax on cigarettes by $1, Dr. Tim McAfee, director of the Office on...
R.I. Foundation awards health-strategy grants
PROVIDENCE – As part of its effort to support long-term solutions to critical community issues, The Rhode Island Foundation awarded $565,028 to local nonprofit...
Health IT Expo draws more than 200
WARWICK – The second annual Health IT Expo on May 18 provided health care providers with an opportunity to speak with vendors and consultants...