Tag: John Fernandez
Brown University Health moving into former Hasbro building in Providence
PROVIDENCE – Brown University Health, formally Lifespan Corp., will consolidate its administrative offices at the former Hasbro Inc. office building in downtown Providence, the...
PBN unveils 2025 Book of Lists
PROVIDENCE – Approximately 240 business and nonprofit representatives spent Thursday evening at the Graduate by Hilton Providence networking and conversing, while obtaining copies of...
The Miriam Hospital gains approval for $125M renovation
PROVIDENCE – The Miriam Hospital recently announced it received Certificate of Need approval for a $125 million renovation project.
The approval comes on the recommendation...
Brown University Health posts $44.7M operating income in 2024
PROVIDENCE – Brown University Health, formerly known as Lifespan Corp., closed out an eventful fiscal year with a $44.7 million operating income, according to...
Mayor, Brown University Health sign $1.5M PILOT agreement
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley and Brown University Health CEO and President John Fernandez on Friday signed a $1.5 million, three-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement between...
PBN summit panel: Weaknesses exposed in R.I.’s primary care system
Sen. Pamela J. Lauria, D-Barrington, says she could easily make the drive from her home in Barrington to Massachusetts and make much more money...
PBN Health Care Summit: R.I.’s fragile system is now in ‘crisis’
WARWICK – Six months ago, Dr. Michael Wagner said Rhode Island’s health care was fragile. Now he says it’s in a state of crisis.
Among...
Lifespan finalizes $175M purchase of 2 Mass. hospitals
PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp. has officially purchased two hospitals in Massachusetts from Steward Health Care.
The state’s largest health system announced Tuesday it finalized the...
Lifespan and city reach $1.5M PILOT agreement
PROVIDENCE – After almost a year of discussions, Lifespan Corp. and the city have come to a tentative $1.5 million payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement.
The agreement would...
Pact between Lifespan, Brown may change R.I. health care landscape
(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...

















