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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'S THICKER: Larry Smith, CEO of the Rhode Island Blood Center, in the center's laboratory with technician Melonie Miguel. The nonprofit is preparing for a 22,600-square-foot expansion. /

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...
LOCAL 5067 of the United Nurses & Allied Professionals union agreed to a four-year contract with Steward Health Care Systems, the new owner of Landmark Medical Center, on Wednesday. /

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....
"IF TAXES ON cigarettes were cut by $1 in Rhode Island, the costs estimated for kids are about $1.8 million in increased health care costs over the next five years, associated with smoking-related pregnancy," said  Dr. Tim McAfee, director of the Office on Smoking and Health at the Centers for Disease Control. /

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...
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