Tag: Coastal Medical Inc.
Coastal Medical finalizes agreement to join Lifespan health system
PROVIDENCE – Coastal Medical Inc., one of the state’s largest primary care organizations, has finalized an agreement to join the Lifespan Corp. health system,...
SBA releases detailed PPP data for all loans
PROVIDENCE – The Small Business Administration has released detailed Paycheck Protection Program loan data for all loans, following a court battle with several newspapers...
Blue Cross launches COVID-19 risk dashboard
PROVIDENCE – A new public health dashboard created by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is helping the insurer and health care...
Beacon a lesson for hospital merger
As prospects for a merger between Rhode Island’s two hospital systems appear to grow more promising (“Lifespan, CNE Move Forward With Letter of Intent...
Five Questions With: Dr. Alan Kurose
Dr. Alan Kurose | CEO and president, Coastal Medical Inc.
1. Do you expect to see any changes, particularly with telemedicine, in Coastal’s primary...
PBN to host health care webinar on the coronavirus
PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News will host a free virtual summit on April 1 on what businesses need to know about the global COVID-19...
Lifespan, Coastal Medical announce plan to join forces to expand health...
PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp., the state's largest hospital system, is in the process of affiliating with Coastal Medical Inc., a large primary care practice...
New CMS rule requires hospitals to post pricing data online
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requires hospitals’ pricing data to be posted to their websites, billed as the first step toward a...
Brown researcher: Electronic health records create high stress for physicians
Physicians say electronic health records are stressful, but a survey of Rhode Island doctors and promising strategies suggest compromises between round-the-clock accessibility and reasonable...
Is liberal-leaning Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse making a difference in a deeply...
A consistently liberal voice on both fiscal and social issues since joining the Senate in 2007, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., has made a name...