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Alarms sounded on health care crisis

In August, Attorney General Peter F. Neronha publicly renewed his calls for broad health care reforms. “We have a system that is broken,” he said...

The collapse of primary care in Rhode Island and how we...

Primary care in Rhode Island is facing an immediate and unprecedented crisis, and the gravity of the situation is not entirely understood. Across the...
DR. MICHAEL WAGNER, sitting at far right, CEO and preident of Care New England Health System, speaks during a panel discussion at Providence Business News' Fall Health Care Summit on Thursday. Also on the panel is, from left, John Fernandez, CEO and president of Brown University Health; Sen. Pamela Lauria, who is also a nurse practitioner; R.I Health Insurance Commissioner Cory King; and Dr. Raj Hazarika, chief medical officer for commercial products at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a Point32 health company. Moderating is PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN Health Care Summit: R.I.’s fragile system is now in ‘crisis’

WARWICK – Six months ago, Dr. Michael Wagner said Rhode Island’s health care was fragile. Now he says it’s in a state of crisis. Among...
HEALTHY DISCUSSION: PACE Organization of Rhode Island CEO Joan Kwiatkowski, right, speaks during a panel discussion at Providence Business News’ Health Care Summit and Health Care Heroes Awards event at the Providence Marriott on April 4. Also on the panel are, from left, Dr. Michael Wagner, Care New England Health System CEO and president; Dr. Kristin Russell, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island chief medical officer; Sen. Pamela J. Lauria, D-Barrington; and Dr. Raj Hazarika, Point32Health Services Inc. chief medical officer and vice president of commercial ­products. 
PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Education, compensation key to addressing staffing shortages in health care

Now that American Rescue Plan Act funds have expired, the next six to eight months will be telling of what challenges remain in addressing...
SEN. PAMELA J. LAURIA, third from left, speaks during a panel discussion at Providence Business News' Health Care Summit and Health Care Heroes Awards event at the Providence Marriott on April 4. Also on the panel are, from left, Dr. Michael Wagner, Care New England Health System CEO; Dr. Kristin Russell, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island chief medical officer; Dr. Raj Hazarika, Point32Health Services Inc. chief medical officer and vice president of commercial products; and Joan Kwiatkowski, PACE Organization of Rhode Island CEO. PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing at right, moderates. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN health summit: R.I.’s system gaining strength, but much more needs...

PROVIDENCE – Fragile. That’s the word that comes to Dr. Michael Wagner’s mind when he thinks of Rhode Island’s health care landscape. “As we ...
HELP NEEDED: Dr. Michael Wagner, left, CEO and president of Care New England Health System, discusses the health services industry in Rhode Island, including workforce development, with other panelists at Providence Business News’ Fall 2023 Health Care Summit on Oct. 25. Others on the panel include, from left, Brown University’s Dr. Scott Rivkees, Dr. Raj Hazarika from Point32Health Inc. and John Fernandez, CEO and president of Lifespan Corp. Moderating is PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing. 
PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

For hospital executives, solving labor shortages a top task

When asked whether the lingering workforce shortages are affecting access to care, Rhode Island’s health care leaders had a clear answer. “Yes, period, end of...
TALKING MODE: Lifespan Corp. CEO and President John Fernandez says the hospital group is in negotiations with the city of Providence over its payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement, but he’s unwilling to detail the progress of the talks in the press. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

A healing touch? Lifespan’s new CEO aims to cure what ails...

It’s been almost a year since John Fernandez was named CEO and president of Lifespan Corp., so he’s had plenty of time to develop...

Care New England reports $13.8M operating loss in Q1

PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System reported an operating loss of $13.8 million in the first quarter of 2023 ending Dec. 31, showing...

Conklin named Care New England’s new CFO

PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health Systems has named Todd A. Conklin its new chief financial officer and executive vice president effective Feb. 13,...

Lifespan, CNE gave their CEOs big pay raises in 2020

PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System gave their top executives significant pay raises in 2020, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported on...
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