Tag: HEALTH CARE
King nominated as permanent R.I. health insurance commissioner
PROVIDENCE – Cory King, currently the acting R.I. health insurance commissioner, has been nominated to have the job permanently, Gov. Daniel J. McKee announced...
WalletHub: R.I. second-worst state for doctors
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is the second-worst state for doctors, according to WalletHub.
The financial website based in Miami, Fla., ranked the Ocean State 50th...
Senate confirms new state leader for behavioral health
The R.I. Senate Thursday voted unanimously to approve the appointment of Richard Leclerc as the new director of the R.I. Department of Behavioral Health,...
Cranston nursing facility downsizing due to financial losses
CRANSTON – The Scandinavian Communities Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Facility is downsizing the number of available beds immediately.
In a letter to families, Executive Director...
Senate leaders unveil bills to improve health care access, affordability
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Senate leaders unveiled a legislative package focused on improving health care access and affordability on Tuesday.
The 25-bill package known as the...
Boost skills to grow
Marianne Raimondo | Rhode Island College School of Business dean
Rhode Island’s labor force has been largely stagnant since 2019, limiting our ability to grow...
Not everybody sold on the proposed Centurion hospital transaction in R.I.
Some view the Centurion Foundation’s proposal to buy Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital from Prospect Medical Holdings as a...
R.I. third-best state for health care, Forbes Advisor finds
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is the third-best state in the nation for health care, according to a study by Forbes Advisor.
The inaugural report compared...
Funding, data sharing needed for R.I. to advance cancer innovations
When Dr. Wafik El-Deiry, one of the nation’s top physician-scientists and oncologists, came to Rhode Island in 2019, he was eager to help the...
CVS files antitrust suit against pharmaceutical company
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. on Jan. 29 filed an antitrust suit against a Japanese pharmaceutical manufacturer over an alleged plan to illegally prevent...