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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.  PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN Health Summit panel: Could R.I. fix doctor shortage by looking...

Health Services 11/07/2025

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,...

Aaron Robinson / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Five Questions With: Aaron Robinson

5Q 10/24/2025

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

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...

Cover Story 10/10/2025

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...

Partisan division rules with no end in sight for federal government...

Economic Activity 10/01/2025

WASHINGTON (AP) – A vote to swiftly end the government shutdown failed Wednesday, as Democrats in the Senate held firm to the party’s demands to fund...

CVS Health subsidiary Omnicare files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection

Economic Activity 09/23/2025

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...

CVS Health hikes 2025 forecast again, boosted by insurance, pharmacy businesses

Economic Activity 07/31/2025

CVS Health Corp. topped Wall Street expectations for the second quarter and hiked its full-year forecast again, as the health care giant continued to...

Birthing center at Newport Hospital will remain open, Brown Health Home...

Health Services 07/29/2025

PROVIDENCE – The birthing center at Newport Hospital will indeed remain open, but Brown Health Home Medical will be closing effective Sept. 5. These are...

NEWPORT HOSPITAL'S birthing center is one of the services that Brown University Health has said it is considering discontinuing in the face of the health system's financial woes. / COURTESY NEWPORT HOSPITAL

Brown Health grapples with balancing community and its own financial needs

Economy 07/25/2025

Brown University Health is in a tough spot. The nonprofit health system is considering cutting several crucial services and programs in order to reach its...

UnitedHealth says it is under a federal investigation and cooperating

Economic Activity 07/24/2025

UnitedHealth Group says it is cooperating with federal criminal and civil investigations involving its market-leading Medicare business. The health care giant said Thursday that it...