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HEALTHY TALK: Dr. Edward McGookin, third from the left, speaks during a panel discussion at Providence Business News’ Fall Health Care Summit: Shaping the Future of Care on Oct. 30. McGookin is chief of primary care at Brown Health Medical Group Primary Care. With him during the first of two panel discussions are, from left, Victoria Williams, assistant professor of health care administration at Rhode Island College; Dr. Roger Mitty, president and chief operating officer of Care New England Medical Group; and Sen. Pamela Lauria, a nurse practitioner. Moderating is PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing. 
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PBN Health Summit panel: Could R.I. fix doctor shortage by looking...

Despite the state’s ongoing shortage of primary care providers, Rhode Island’s largest health system has seen success in recruiting doctors from surrounding states. However,...

Federal budget cuts create one big not so beautiful mess in...

The human and financial costs of federal funding cuts are coming into focus for Rhode Island – and it’s not a pretty picture. Tens of...

Are you confident state providers, insurers and political leaders can ease...

Providers and some state leaders have been sounding the alarm for more than a year that the state health care system is in crisis. Incremental...
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Five Questions With: Aaron Robinson

Aaron Robinson | CEO and president, South County Health 1. Access to care in Rhode Island is at a crisis point, especially in primary...

‘The impacts are everywhere.’ Federal cuts devastate nonprofits

Rhode Island’s nonprofits are in turmoil. This important segment of the economy – 16% of the workforce – has an uncertain future and the...
OVERSEER: The Miriam Hospital President Maria Ducharme talks about the construction planned at the hospital for the next few years. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

HOSPITAL MAKEOVERS: Health systems look for shot in the arm from...

The administrative wing of The Miriam Hospital on Providence’s East Side is a mess these days, and hospital President Maria Ducharme couldn’t be happier...

Neronha, coalition seek preliminary injunction to block defunding of Planned Parenthood

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, 21 other attorneys general and Pa. Gov. Josh D. Shapiro on Thursday filed a motion for...

CVS Health subsidiary Omnicare files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection

CVS Health Corp. subsidiary Omnicare has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection two months after the long-term care business was ordered to pay $949...

Neighborhood Health Plan earns 4.5 out of 5 NCQA rating

SMITHFIELD – Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island recently earned a 4.5 out of 5 rating in the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s 2025...

Brown Health CFO disappointed in Mass. hospitals’ performance, but optimistic for...

PROVIDENCE – Despite being disappointed by the Massachusetts hospitals' fiscal performances in the third quarter, Brown University Health Chief Financial Officer Peter Markell is...
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