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  Government
  
  Cross-border differences in sales-tax policy create headaches
  
  January 15, 2021 6:03 am
  
  The rise of interstate e-commerce is magnifying long-standing differences in sales-tax laws among various states, forcing retailers with far-flung customers to adhere to 50...
  
  Lists
  
  List: Newport Restaurants
  
  January 15, 2021 12:08 am
  
  CLOSER LOOK: Re-ranked by number of reviews: 1. The Mooring | No. of reviews: 1,756 2. The Red Parrot Restaurant | No. of reviews: 969 3. 22 Bowen’s...
  
  Lists
  
  List: Providence Restaurants
  
  January 15, 2021 12:02 am
  
  CLOSER LOOK: Re-ranked by number of reviews: 1. Hemenway’s Seafood Grill & Oyster Bar | No. of reviews: 740 2. Gracie’s | No. of reviews: 661 3. Massimo...
  
  Coronavirus
  
  Pandemic, progressives, new House leadership could put twist on...
  
  January 8, 2021 4:00 am
  
  The 2021 legislative session is shaping up to be another severe departure from the norm, with a temporary change of venue for both chambers,...
  
  Coronavirus
  
  Banks on higher alert for credit weakness
  
  January 8, 2021 3:51 am
  
  In his 50 years as a customer of The Washington Trust Co., John Bellone has never deferred a loan payment. Not through the 2008...
  
  Entrepreneurship
  
  Everybody’s Business: Finding value in shared connections
  
  January 8, 2021 3:20 am
  
  (Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
  
  Coronavirus
  
  Seize the moment
  
  January 8, 2021 3:10 am
  
  Ross Gittell | Bryant University president More than 4,000 institutions of higher education in the United States serve approximately 20 million students and this year...
  
  Editorial and Op-Ed
  
  Block Island tourism surprises
  
  January 8, 2021 2:38 am
  
  Amid the widespread economic carnage wrought by the pandemic in 2020, somehow tiny Block Island and its tourist-dependent businesses emerged to fight another day. “No...
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Health Care
- Health Services
  
  Report: Average nurse salary in R.I. 43.8% higher than...
  
  January 18, 2021 3:11 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – The average wage of a nurse in Rhode Island was 43.8% higher than the average salary of all occupations in the state,...
  
  Health Services
  
  CNE expands women’s health, addiction and weight loss treatment...
  
  January 17, 2021 10:45 pm
  
  SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Care New England Health System is expanding its South County presence by offering more services, including behavioral and women’s health care...
  
  Health Services
  
  Five Questions With: Mark Cooper
  
  January 17, 2021 10:30 pm
  
  In September, Mark Cooper was named vice president of Medicare-Medicaid Product at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island after working for nearly 20 years...
  
  Health Services
  
  Lifespan’s third urgent care center opens in Providence
  
  January 17, 2021 10:20 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp.’s newest urgent care center is now open in the city. The facility, located in the former Benny’s store at 66...
  
  Health Services
  
  Thrive Behavioral Health to improve telehealth system with $10K...
  
  January 17, 2021 10:10 pm
  
  WARWICK – A $10,000 grant awarded to Thrive Behavioral Health Inc. will help the organization purchase personal protection items for staff members and equipment...
Education
- Coronavirus
  
  URI’s annual Food System Summit to focus on COVID-19...
  
  January 18, 2021 11:17 am
  
  SOUTH KINGSTOWN – University of Rhode Island’s fifth annual Rhode Island Food System Summit will focus on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on food...
  
  Education
  
  RIC $76K-per-week consultant contract terminated
  
  January 14, 2021 10:53 am
  
  PROVIDENCE – The state has terminated a $76,000-per-week contract granted to a consulting firm that was providing financial analysis and recommendations to Rhode Island...
  
  Education
  
  Fuller named UMass Dartmouth’s interim chancellor
  
  January 12, 2021 2:25 pm
  
  DARTMOUTH – Mark Fuller, currently the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s vice chancellor for advancement and former dean of the university’s Isenberg School of Management,...
  
  Coronavirus
  
  Rhode Island School of Design cancels 2021 in-person commencement;...
  
  January 11, 2021 3:58 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island School of Design announced Monday that it is canceling its in-person commencement for the Class of 2021 and will...
  
  Education
  
  Consultant hired for RIC review at the rate of...
  
  January 11, 2021 12:30 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – The state has hired Alvarez & Marsal Public Sector Services LLC to provide analysis and recommendations related to programmatic, operational and financial improvements...
Real Estate
- Health Services
  
  Lifespan’s third urgent care center opens in Providence
  
  January 17, 2021 10:20 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp.’s newest urgent care center is now open in the city. The facility, located in the former Benny’s store at 66...
  
  Real Estate
  
  Median price of single-family home in R.I. rises to...
  
  January 15, 2021 10:55 am
  
  PROVIDENCE – The median price of a single family home in Rhode Island in 2020 was $319,900, a rise of 12.3% year over year,...
  
  Real Estate
  
  Brown Medicine expands into Class A space in Smithfield
  
  January 15, 2021 6:28 am
  
  SMITHFIELD – Brown Medicine, a nonprofit primary care and subspecialty medical group practice, will expand this spring into a newly renovated facility in the...
  
  Real Estate
  
  South Kingstown colonial sells for $1.1M
  
  January 15, 2021 6:28 am
  
  SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A historical home on 4.7 acres has sold for $1.1 million, according to Residential Properties Ltd., which represented both buyers and...
  
  Real Estate
  
  Five Questions With: Jennifer Hawkins
  
  January 13, 2021 10:30 pm
  
  Jennifer Hawkins, the executive director of ONE Neighborhood Builders, a community-development organization in Providence, spoke to Providence Business News recently about the Central Providence...
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CareLink working to decontaminate N95 masks for nursing, group homes

Health Services May 14, 2020 7:50 pm

EAST PROVIDENCE – CareLink, an East Providence-based nonprofit network of health care providers for seniors, has begun coordinating access to decontamination services for N95...

Dental service for elders addresses emergencies virtually

Health Services May 3, 2020 10:00 pm

PROVIDENCE – Like all other dentists in the state, Wisdom Tooth, a mobile practice that serves patients in Rhode Island nursing homes, paused its...

Grant funds protective equipment purchases for CareLink members

Health Services April 12, 2020 10:10 pm

PROVIDENCE – CareLink has announced that it has received a $70,000 grant from a nearly $6 million fund set up by the Rhode Island...

Five Questions With: Dr. Christine Gadbois

Health Services December 29, 2019 10:30 pm

Last month, Dr. Christine Gadbois was named CEO of CareLink, a nonprofit network of senior health care providers. She is just the second CEO...

CareLink appoints Gadbois as CEO

Health Services November 22, 2019 12:17 am

PROVIDENCE – CareLink has named Christine Gadbois as CEO, the organization announced. Gadbois, the nonprofit’s second CEO, succeeds Joan Kwiatkowski, who departed CareLink to transition...

CHRISTINE GADBOIS has been named CEO of CareLink. / COURTESY CARELINK

CareLink appoints Gadbois as CEO

Health Services November 19, 2019 10:16 am

PROVIDENCE – CareLink has named Christine Gadbois as CEO, the organization announced this week. Gadbois, the nonprofit’s second CEO, succeeds Joan Kwiatkowski, who departed CareLink...

JOAN KWIATKOWSKI will relinquish her role as CEO of CareLink on April 1 but will remain CEO of PACE Organization of Rhode Island . The organzaitions said the move reflects growth at both nonprfots. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Kwiatkowski to relinquish CEO role at CareLink, remain CEO of PACE...

Health Services March 14, 2019 2:15 pm

PROVIDENCE – Joan Kwiatkowski, CEO of both PACE Organization of Rhode Island and CareLink Inc., will depart CareLink to transition to a role solely...

BPCI a roadmap for caregivers

Health Services December 7, 2018 1:45 am

There has been much written about innovations within hospitals, primary and other settings of care. However, as the population continues to age, post-acute and...

INSIDE KNOWLEDGE: Members of the first panel at the 2018 Spring Providence Business News Health Care Summit April 6 at the Providence Marriott Downtown: from left, Dr. Gus Manocchia of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island; Stephen Farrell, CEO of UnitedHealthcare of New England; Dr. Claire Levesque, board-certified neurologist and chief medical officer for commercial products at Tufts Health Plan; and Joan Kwiatkowski, CEO of CareLink and the PACE Organization of Rhode Island.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Health Care Summit: System needs more primary care doctors, cost control

Government April 13, 2018 6:20 am

Two themes led much of the discussion during the first of two panels at Providence Business News’ 2018 Spring Health Care Summit: primary care...

Journey as patient guides CEO

Health Services March 30, 2018 1:10 am

While most families were preparing for their Thanksgiving dinner this past November, I was being prepped for open-heart surgery. Over my career I have worked...

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