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COVID COVERAGE: Dr. Philip Chan, consultant medical director at the R.I. Department of Health, says downgrading the emergency status for the COVID-19 pandemic will not change the availability of vaccines and treatments. 
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Health insurers will soon have option to start charging for COVID...

For the past three years, grabbing an over-the-counter or laboratory COVID-19 test has been easy, relatively quick and entirely free. But soon, some Rhode...
WORKING TOGETHER: Panelist Dr. Claire Levesque of Point32Health Services Inc., third from left, speaks during the PBN Spring 2023 Health Care Summit and Health Care Heroes Awards on April 6 at the Providence Marriott Downtown. Also on the panel, from left, are Eric Swain of United HealthCare of New England Inc.; Kirsten Hokeness of Bryant University; Peter Marino of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island; Dr. Methodius Tuuli of Women & Infants Hospital; and Martha Wofford of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island. 
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Panel: Collaboration needed across the board to resolve health inequities in...

Inequities within the health care system are not only proving to be persistent, but they are getting worse. Panelists at the Providence Business News Spring...
HEALTH CONSCIOUS: A panel of health care sector leaders participates in a discussion at the Providence Business News' Health Care Summit and Health Care Heroes Awards on Thursday morning at the Providence Marriott Downtown. On the panel, from left, were Eric Swain, an executive at United Healthcare; Dr. Kirsten Hokeness, director of the School of Health and Behavioral Sciences at Bryant University; Dr. Claire Levesque, chief medical office of commercial products at Point32 Health; Peter Marino, CEO and president of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island; Dr. Methodius Tuuli, chief OB/GYN at Women & Infants Hospital; and Martha Wofford, CEO and president of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island. This was one of two panel discussions that took place at the summit. PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN health summit: Fixing R.I.’s ‘fragile’ system will require across-the-board collaboration

PROVIDENCE – With the national COVID-19 public health emergency set to end in May, health care providers and leaders in the state agree on...

Blue Cross, Brown School of Public Health kick off 5th annual...

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and the Brown University School of Public Health have launched the fifth annual RI...

Five Questions With: Carolyn Belisle

The BlueAngel Community Health Grants initiative is a competitive grant program that awards funds to organizations working to address critical health issues in Rhode...

Blue Cross certifies 10 new health care sites as LGBTQ Safe...

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has designated 10 new health care sites as LGBTQ Safe Zones, a certification that...
VERY CALCULATED: Rick Gorvett, chair of Bryant University’s mathematics department, says the creation of a master’s degree program in actuarial science comes at a time when the need for more actuaries is greater than ever. 
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New Bryant master’s program for those looking to make risk their...

Forget what you might think of people who work as actuaries – overworked number crunchers who toil away in windowless offices, dully calculating risks...

Blue Cross expands behavioral health services access for members

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has expanded access to behavioral health care services for its members, including urgent and...

Blue Cross awards $740K to organizations addressing housing issues

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has awarded $740,000 through its BlueAngel Community Health Grants to organizations addressing housing-related health...

Bergmann appointed new VP and chief people officer at Blue Cross

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has appointed Anastasia Bergmann as vice president and chief people officer. A Massachusetts resident, Bergmann...
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