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CONFLICTED: Dr. Michael Souza, owner of East Bay Innovation Medicine, says new R.I. Department of Health guidelines for medical spas and intravenous therapy businesses are too restrictive, but they may help curb the rise of uncertified businesses performing these services. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

New guidance for med spas and IV therapies seen as restrictive,...

Focus 09/27/2024

Dr. Michael Souza had mixed feelings when he saw that state health officials recently had enacted new guidance for a growing number of Rhode...

THE REVEAL: John R. Fernandez, CEO and president of Lifespan Corp., uncovers the new branding for the health system – Brown University Health – in June.  COURTESY LIFESPAN CORP./BILL MURPHY

Pact between Lifespan, Brown may change R.I. health care landscape

Education 09/27/2024

(Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series exploring issues surrounding the training of physicians in Rhode Island and its effect on...

ROOM FOR TWO? Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School has no competition in Rhode Island. A state commission, however, is exploring creation of a public medical school at the University of Rhode Island.  PBN FILE PHOTO/ W ILLIAM HAMILTON

Med school debate spotlights ailing health care system

Editorial and Op-Ed 09/13/2024

There are more questions than answers right now in the debate over whether Rhode Island should create a state medical school. What would it cost?...

McKee signs several health care bills into law

Government 08/16/2024

CRANSTON – Gov. Daniel J. McKee signed a package of health care bills into law Friday. The seven-bill package includes six that were part of...

Work with insurers on health reforms

Editorial and Op-Ed 08/16/2024

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha recently took broad aim at the state’s health insurers for their role in what he called a broken health...

R.I. has 13th-highest cost of living in nation, Forbes Advisor says

Economic Activity 07/22/2024

PROVIDENCE – The cost of living in Rhode Island is among the 15 most expensive costs of living by state in the nation, according...

THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION said in its report “Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The Powerful Middlemen Inflating Drug Costs and Squeezing Main Street Pharmacies” that PBMs “wield enormous power over patients’ ability to access and afford their prescription drugs, allowing PBMs to significantly influence what drugs are available and at what price.” / AP FILE PHOTO/CHRIS CARLSON

FTC criticizes ‘enormous power’ of pharmacy benefit managers in scathing report

Economy 07/11/2024

PROVIDENCE – Drug middlemen are hurting small, independent pharmacies while reaping huge profits by inflating drug prices, according to a Federal Trade Commission staff...

New R.I. law protects patients who rely on specialty infusion drugs

Economy 07/08/2024

Specialty drugs might come in a delicate glass vial in the mail, shipped by a specialty pharmacy in a styrofoam carton cushioned with ice...

APP CHECKER: Dr. Gregory Jay, an emergency medicine physician at Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital, is one of the Lifespan Corp. staff members studying the accuracy of an app that uses a smartphone camera to analyze anemia in patients.  COURTESY LIFESPAN CORP.

Lifespan app could help diagnose cases of anemia

Health Matters 06/21/2024

Doctors say anemia affects many patients, but it’s not so simple to diagnose. Lifespan Corp. researchers are looking for a better way. That’s why doctors...