As health insurance premiums rise, companies struggle to keep costs down
Donald Nokes has always offered health insurance to the entire staff at NetCenergy, a Warwick IT company founded in 2003. But it’s not been...
A flair for building design
Mehdi Khosrovani’s architectural firm designs multimillion-dollar health care facilities across the region. For the last 14 years, New England Medical Design Inc. has planned...
DOH rejects all 15 marijuana center applications
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health on Friday rejected all 15 applications it had received for medical marijuana dispensaries or “compassion centers,” saying...
Koller puts brakes on ‘health reform’ surcharges by state’s insurers
PROVIDENCE – Without notice to state regulators, local health insurers have begun imposing a surcharge on group premiums – roughly 2 to 3 percent...
Five Questions With: Dr. Louis B. Rice
Dr. Louis B. Rice, an infectious-disease expert known internationally for his research on antimicrobial resistance, starts this week as chief of medicine at Rhode...
South County Hospital offers yoga classes to help women fight osteoporosis
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – South County Hospital is offering a novel approach to help women fight osteoporosis: special yoga classes offered in partnership with All...
National poll finds federal health insurance reform losing support
MENLO PARK, Calif. – Support for health care reform fell over the course of August, with only 43 percent of respondents in the Kaiser...
Concussions on the rise among young athletes, says study at Hasbro...
PROVIDENCE – Emergency-room visits for concussions suffered in organized team sports more than tripled among 14- to 19-year-olds from 1997 to 2007, and doubled...
Six R.I. employers get early retiree coverage help from federal program
PROVIDENCE – Six Rhode Island-based employers are among the first applicants accepted into the federal Early Retiree Reinsurance Program, created under health care reform...
COBRE grant at Rhode Island Hospital funds new stem cell research
PROVIDENCE – A federally funded stem cell research center at Rhode Island Hospital has awarded $270,000 in grants to scientists at Brown University and...
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