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GROWTH FACTOR: Jack Falvey, chief operating officer at Falvey Insurance Group in North Kingstown, has been involved in and responsible for growing the company’s portfolio by 158% over the past five years. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Falvey leads insurer group to the next level

Financial Services 04/29/2022

2022 C-Suite Awards: Rising Star | Jack Falvey,Falvey Insurance Group chief operating officer The global shifts created by the COVID-19 pandemic brought a new, unfamiliar...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 499, with no deaths

Coronavirus 04/28/2022

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 499, with no new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday. Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients...

Fauci: ‘Pandemic phase’ over for U.S., but COVID-19 still here

Coronavirus 04/27/2022

Dr. Anthony Fauci has given an upbeat assessment of the current state of the coronavirus in the United States, saying the country is "out...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 336, with no deaths

Coronavirus 04/21/2022

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 336, with no new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday. Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 747, with 1 death

Coronavirus 04/18/2022

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 747 from April 15 through Sunday, with one death, the R.I. Department of...

RECOVERY MODE: R.I. Department of Health Interim Director Dr. James McDonald, left, talks about the health care industry’s workforce woes at the PBN Health Care Summit on April 6. Also on the panel are, from left, Dr. Claire Levesque, chief medical officer for commercial products at Point32Health; Dr. Raymond O. Powrie, Care New England Health System executive chief of medicine; Dr. Matt Collins, chief medical officer and executive vice president at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island; and Dr. Timothy J. Babineau, Lifespan Corp. CEO and president. PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing, moderates. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Babineau: ‘It is going to take us years to rebuild’

Coronavirus 04/15/2022

The COVID-19 pandemic left Rhode Island’s health care industry a shell of its former self, with a staffing crisis that continues to have massive...

WORKING TOGETHER: Dr. Christopher Ottiano, middle, medical director of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, explains that health care stakeholders should join forces to improve the system. Panelists participating in the PBN Health Care Summit on April 6 included Dr. Amy Nunn, left, executive director of the Rhode Island Public Health Institute, and Dr. Robert MacArthur, right, Commonwealth Care Allicance chief medical officer. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Panel: ARPA funds can help mend health safety net

Coronavirus 04/15/2022

Lindsay Lang sees trouble coming in maintaining health insurance for some Rhode Islanders, and she wants state lawmakers to act before it’s too late. Lang,...

SOLUTION NEEDED: Susan E. Enck, a licensed clinical psychologist at Brown Medicine’s Warwick Primary Care, says the mental health system was near its breaking point before the COVID-19 pandemic. Now it’s in crisis. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Pleas to fix R.I.’s ‘broken’ behavioral health system

Coronavirus 04/15/2022

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, treatment providers, advocates and lawmakers are calling for Rhode Island to confront its problems with access to...