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Government 10/31/2025

Providers and some state leaders have been sounding the alarm for more than a year that the state health care system is in crisis. Incremental...

DR. EDWARD MCGOOKIN, third from the left, speaks during a panel discussion at Providence Business News’ Fall Health Care Summit: Shaping the Future of Care on Thursday. McGookin is chief of primary care at Brown Health Medical Group Primary Care. With him during the first of two panel discussions are, from left, Victoria Williams, assistant professor of health care administration at Rhode Island College; Dr. Roger Mitty, president and chief operating officer of Care New England Medical Group; and Sen. Pamela Lauria, a nurse practitioner. Moderating is PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

‘We are in crisis’: PBN summit highlights glaring gaps in affordable,...

Health Services 10/30/2025

WARWICK – Precarious and vulnerable. That’s how Dr. Edward McGookin would describe the state of Rhode Island’s health care. Two safety net hospitals – Roger Williams Medical Center and...

Blue Cross partners with Daymark Health to support members with cancer

Health Services 10/05/2025

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has partnered with Daymark Health to offer the company’s care to more than 2,500...

People’s Credit Union donates $3K to support essentials for future Summer...

Financial Services 09/22/2025

PROVIDENCE – People’s Credit Union teamed up with Crossroads Rhode Island on Sept. 12 to host a pop-up shop, providing household essentials to future...

R.I. health insurance commissioner approves double-digit 2026 rate hikes

Health Services 09/15/2025

CRANSTON – The R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner on Monday approved the commercial health insurance premiums for 2026. While the rate changes...

THE REGULATOR: Cory King, Rhode Island’s health insurance commissioner, is overseeing changes to the state’s health care affordability standards requiring insurers to raise the amount they spend on primary care services and lower the number of prior authorization requirements.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Insurers face new rules to bolster primary care

Financial Services 08/29/2025

Health care professionals are closely monitoring the fallout of new regulations the R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner established this year that are...

BankNewport honored for ‘Excellence in Employee Wellness’ programs

Financial Services 08/25/2025

NEWPORT – BankNewport was recognized with an Exemplary Worksite Health Award from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and the Greater Providence...

Groov-Pin, Centreville Bank, Neighborhood Health Plan, Point32Health, U-Haul named PBN’s top...

Business Services 08/15/2025

PROVIDENCE – Groov-Pin Corp., Centreville Bank, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, Point32Health Co. and U-Haul International Inc. were the top companies recognized on...