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BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD of Rhode Island CEO and President Kim Keck has announced $11 million in additional relief for members and commerial customers due to economic uncertainty during COVID-19 pandemic. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Blue Cross announces $11M additional relief for commercial customers, members

Coronavirus 08/20/2020

PROVIDENCE - Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island announced on Thursday that it will provide an additional $11 million in medical and...

PROVIDENCE BUSINESS NEWS EDITOR Mike Mello, left, leads the discussion at PBN's Health Care Summit on Wednesday. Participating on the panel are, from left, Marc Backon, president, commercial division, at Tufts Health Plan; Stephen Farrell, CEO of UnitedHealthcare of New England; Marie L. Ganim, R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner, Kim A. Keck, CEO and president of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island; Dr. Alan Kurose, CEO and president of Coastal Medical; and Neil D. Steinberg, CEO and president of Rhode Island Foundation. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN Health Care Summit: Price transparency a challenging objective for industry

Health Services 10/30/2019

PROVIDENCE – Health care needs more price transparency, but how to address the issue remains a challenge, panelists at the Providence Business News 2019...

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of R.I. promotes its mission of...

Health Services 08/09/2019

Healthiest Employers of Rhode Island 2019 500-1,999 EMPLOYEES #5: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island CEO (or equivalent): Kim A. Keck, CEO and president Number...

THE RHODE ISLAND Free Clinic has received a $80,000 grant from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island. Above, RIFC CEO Marie Ghazal. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

BCBSRI grants $80K to Rhode Island Free Clinic

Health Services 08/05/2019

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has awarded an $80,000 grant to the Rhode Island Free Clinic, BCBSRI announced Monday. The...

COMMUNITY COLLEGE of Rhode Island students Leyshell Williams, left, and Sabrina Melki prepare bags of food and household products at the food pantry at CCRI's Lincoln campus ahead of the pantry's official opening on Monday. / COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND

CCRI opens pantry for its ‘food insecure’ students

Education 03/22/2019

LINCOLN – Citing studies that indicate that one in four community college students is “food insecure,” Community College of Rhode Island officials opened a...

OLD SCHOOL: From left, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island’s Chief Financial Officer Mark Stewart, Melissa Cummings, chief customer officer, and Dr. Matt Collins, vice president of clinical integration, discuss upcoming enrollment at the company’s East Providence Your Blue Store.   / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELeY

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island blends old and...

Health Services 11/09/2018

Business Excellence Awards 2018 Excellence at an enterprise company: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, a...

OHIC: BCBSRI to contribute $5M to Behavioral Health Fund

Health Services 09/04/2018

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner, in the middle of a market conduct examination of the state’s four major insurers’...

LONGTIME TRAINER: Judy Kaye, owner of Providence-based Kaye Training & Consulting, has been working as a consultant with small and large employers, as well as individuals, on diversity and racial-bias training for 25 years. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Anti-bias training widespread in R.I.

Focus 06/15/2018

Even before Starbucks closed its doors May 29 for an afternoon of mandatory racial-diversity training for all employees, many small-business owners and human resources...