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State must share charity care burden

One of the often-overlooked aspects of Rhode Island’s healthcare crisis is the rising cost of charity care. Brown University Health, the state’s largest health system,...
BROWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH saw charity care expenses increase 50% year over year in the quarter that ended June 30. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH

Surge in charity care puts hospitals under more strain

Cash-strapped hospitals in Rhode Island are seeing the cost of charity care surge amid disruptions in the health insurance market, and some in the...

As Brown Health operating losses deepen, pressure mounts to save Newport...

Staring down another quarter of operating losses, Brown University Health executives are unwilling to contribute a share of the $4.9 million needed to keep...
Michael Sroczynski / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Five Questions With: Michael Sroczynski

Michael Sroczynski | President, Hospital Association of Rhode Island 1. What do you see as the greatest challenge facing Rhode Island’s health care system?...

Sroczynski named new Hospital Association of Rhode Island president

PROVIDENCE – The Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association’s former executive vice president has been named the new leader of the Hospital Association of Rhode...
NEWPORT HOSPITAL'S birthing center is one of the services that Brown University Health has said it is considering discontinuing in the face of the health system's financial woes. / COURTESY NEWPORT HOSPITAL

Brown Health grapples with balancing community and its own financial needs

Brown University Health is in a tough spot. The nonprofit health system is considering cutting several crucial services and programs in order to reach its...

Health care community celebrates wins in proposed FY 2026 state budget

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island health care advocates and leaders are celebrating the allocations for hospitals, medical practices and providers included in the proposed $14.3...

Neronha’s proposed rule takes aim at private equity in health care

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha is looking to expand his office’s oversight of health care transactions with the aim of limiting private equity acquisitions...

Health care community supportive of Neronha’s proposals

PROVIDENCE – Health care leaders across the state are supporting Attorney General Peter F. Neronha's proposals to help the state’s ailing health care system. “We...

Hospital price growth cap helped lower insurance premiums, Brown study shows

In 2010, Rhode Island attempted a lively experiment in health care costs by limiting how much hospitals could increase the prices they charge. Fifteen years...
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