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PREPPING FOR CHANGE: Lindsay Lang, director of HealthSource RI, says the organization is taking steps to ease the change in health care coverage for the hundreds of people who will no longer be eligible for Medicare. 
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Medicaid renewals put state leaders on alert

Lindsay Lang feels a certain amount of pride that the rate of Rhode Islanders with health insurance coverage is among the highest in the...
DAN L. LATHROP, second from right, president of Lathrop Insurance Agency Inc. in Westerly, announced that the agency will open in May a new location in Cranston. /PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Lathrop Insurance to open new location in Cranston

WESTERLY – A Washington County-based independent insurance agency is looking to tap into the northern Rhode Island market with a new location opening soon. Lathrop...
HEALTHY CONVERSATION: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island staff members, from left, Peter Rocha, technology risk manager; Tracy McCaughey, managing director of claims; Nicole Hass-Rodriguez, executive assistant; Amber Dicks, senior corporate board assistant and executive assistant; Doris De Los Santos, supplier diversity program manager; Jordan Martin, assistant compliance officer; and Famsheera Abdulkhader, health data analyst, meet at the health insurer’s Providence office.
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of R.I. is an invaluable resource...

PBN 2022 Diversity Equity & Inclusion Awards Health Care – Large Company: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island AS PART OF ITS CORE...
AVAILABLE OPTIONS: From left, First Circle Inc. CEO Joe
Perroni and Blaine Carroll, president of First Circle and Chewsi RI, look over a tablet with the company’s new dentist search function. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Chewsi RI helps cure toothaches for those in need

PBN Innovative Companies 2022 HEALTH & WELLNESS: First Circle Inc. and Chewsi RI SOME 74 MILLION AMERICANS lack dental insurance. With that knowledge, First Circle Inc.,...
CUSTOM TREATMENT: Normand Audette, of Cumberland, had some of his lung tissue tested for biomarkers that allowed doctors to develop the most effective way to battle his cancer. Starting in 2024, such advanced testing will be covered by health insurers in Rhode Island. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. requires insurers cover biomarker testing

Dizziness, memory loss, anxiety and a perpetually swollen left foot and ankle are among the side effects Normand Audette has experienced from taking an...
RAPID GROWTH: After Peter Marino became CEO and president of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island in 2014, the nonprofit health insurer’s revenue grew from $450 million to $1.5 billion and its membership has more than doubled. / 
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Peter Marino, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island CEO and president

Leaders & Achievers 2022 PETER MARINO CEO and president, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island FRONT-LINE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, as well as the Rhode Islanders they...

Staying fit vital to Neighborhood Health Plan’s work culture

PBN Healthiest Employers Awards 2022 500-1,499 EMPLOYEES 2. Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island CEO (or equivalent): Peter Marino, CEO and president Number of employees: 587 NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH...

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of R.I. maintains a healthy mindset

PBN Healthiest Employers Awards 2022 500-1,499 EMPLOYEES 4. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island CEO (or equivalent): Martha L. Wofford, CEO and president Number of...

Michael Menard

2022 40 Under Forty Awards Michael Menard | 36 Vice president of Medicare, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island How has COVID-19 changed your industry? COVID-19...
ON THE RISE: James Sawyer, left, shop manager of Legend Bicycle LLC in Providence, assists Nick Seidler. Sawyer says he could see bike-specific insurance policies become more popular as demand for electric bikes increases. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Insurers see growth in cycling coverage

The term “bicycle insurance” may bring to mind the personal property coverage in homeowners or renters insurance. But with bike sales booming since the start...
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