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THE LIFESPAN-CARE NEW ENGLAND merger application has been released to the public. The R.I. Attorney General's Office and the R.I. Department of Health are seeking comment.

Lifespan-CNE merger application disclosed; public comment sought

Government 12/30/2021

PROVIDENCE – The merger application filed by the state's two largest hospital groups has been disclosed by the R.I. Office of the Attorney General...

NOT LIABLE: Bryant University Physician Assistant Program founder and Director Robert Jay Amrien, left, a panelist at the PBN Fall Health Care Summit, says a new law declaring that a physician assistant may be considered a primary care provider means a physician would not be considered liable for the actions of a physician assistant. Next to Amrien, from left, are panelists Maria Ducharme, chief nursing officer and senior vice president of patient care services at The Miriam Hospital; Care New England CEO Dr. James E. Fanale; and James Rajotte, chief of the Center for Health Promotion in the Division of Community Health and Equity at the R.I. Department of Health. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Physician assistants, nurse practitioners may play big role in future of...

Health Services 11/08/2019

Rhode Island is facing a shortage of primary care physicians, but increasing the roles of physician assistants and nurse practitioners might ease the problem,...

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