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  PBN SURVEY: Businesses realizing pandemic pain is going to...
  
  February 19, 2021 4:00 am
  
  Rhode Island businesspeople are coming to terms with the harsh reality that the COVID-19 pandemic will likely hurt their bottom lines for years to...
  
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  Legal aid on the way for local indigenous tribes
  
  February 19, 2021 3:30 am
  
  Raymond Two Hawks Watson’s adolescent identity crisis was more complicated than most. As a member, and now chief, of the Mashapaug Nahaganset Tribe, his ancestry...
  
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  February 19, 2021 2:50 am
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the consumer shift to online shopping, and the strain is being felt more acutely at mall retailers because of...
  
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  Embrace disruptive innovation
  
  February 19, 2021 2:45 am
  
  Maria Ducharme | The Miriam Hospital president I was drawn to health care as far back as when I was a teen volunteering at a...
  
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  Stay focused on business success
  
  February 19, 2021 2:31 am
  
  Business owners can be excused for being too busy surviving to spend the time needed to fully understand differences between myriad state and federal...
  
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  Five Questions With: Georgia Hollister Isman
  
  February 19, 2021 2:29 am
  
  Georgia Hollister Isman | New England regional director, Working Families Party 1. What is the Working Families Party? The Working Families Party is a progressive...
  
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  Lawsuit targets R.I. restriction on law firm names
  
  February 19, 2021 2:28 am
  
  Attorney Rob Levine knows the value of branding – after all, countless billboards and TV ads have touted Levine as the “Heavy Hitter” of...
  
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  February 19, 2021 2:10 am
  
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  ResusciTech CPR smartphone innovation nets $40K accelerator grant
  
  February 23, 2021 10:20 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – An innovation by Brown University graduate Abigail Kohler, co-founder and CEO of ResusciTech, has won a $40,000 grant in the American Heart...
  
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  Lifespan and Care New England reach final merger agreement,...
  
  February 23, 2021 11:01 am
  
  PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System announced Tuesday they have signed a definitive agreement to merge into an integrated academic...
  
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  Rubius Therapeutics reports $167.7M loss in 2020
  
  February 23, 2021 9:49 am
  
  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Rubius Therapeutics Inc. reported Tuesday a loss of $167.7 million in 2020, or $2.08 per diluted share. The clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which...
  
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  Winter weather delays COVID-19 vaccine arrival
  
  February 22, 2021 5:53 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – The winter storms that have snarled transportation this week have impacted vaccine distribution in Rhode Island. The R.I. Department of Health said Monday...
  
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  University Orthopedics announces partnership, cuts ribbon on new clinic
  
  February 21, 2021 10:45 pm
  
  EAST PROVIDENCE – University Orthopedics is celebrating two new milestones. A partnership with a Massachusetts orthopedic network was announced this month, followed by a ribbon-cutting...
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  Legal aid on the way for local indigenous tribes
  
  February 19, 2021 3:30 am
  
  Raymond Two Hawks Watson’s adolescent identity crisis was more complicated than most. As a member, and now chief, of the Mashapaug Nahaganset Tribe, his ancestry...
  
  Education
  
  Five Questions With: Jason Evans
  
  February 18, 2021 7:20 pm
  
  Jason Evans is the dean for Johnson & Wales University’s new College of Food Innovation & Technology. The college, according to JWU, will prepare...
  
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  URI named to National Science Foundation’s CyberCorps program; will...
  
  February 18, 2021 12:17 pm
  
  SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island announced Thursday that it is one of six universities across the U.S. being added to the...
  
  Education
  
  UMass Dartmouth’s 2021 commencement to be virtual
  
  February 16, 2021 10:50 pm
  
  DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth announced Feb. 5 that both the combined undergraduate/graduate and the UMass Law School commencement ceremonies in May...
  
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  URI language professor earns national award for teaching German...
  
  February 16, 2021 10:30 pm
  
  SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Niko Tracksdorf, a University of Rhode Island assistant professor of German and associate director of the German International Engineering Program, has...
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  Bristol County, Mass., median home sale price rises 15.7%...
  
  February 24, 2021 9:27 am
  
  PROVIDENCE – The median price of single-family homes in Bristol County, Mass., sold in January was $363,000, a 15.7% increase year over year, according...
  
  Government
  
  Providence realty firm charged with discriminating against families
  
  February 23, 2021 9:20 am
  
  PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has charged D&D Realty Management LLC, an owner and manager of several rental properties...
  
  Economic Activity
  
  Hotel Hive project on hold; developer may seek deadline...
  
  February 22, 2021 3:03 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – A controversial tax deal inked between the city and a hotel developer may need to be revised due to the pandemic. Jim Abdo,...
  
  Real Estate
  
  New rehabilitation hospital site gains preliminary approval in Johnston
  
  February 19, 2021 5:00 am
  
  JOHNSTON – A development that would include space for a new medical rehabilitation facility in the town has gained preliminary plan approval. The site,...
  
  Real Estate
  
  Pair of multifamily homes in Providence sells for $1.2M
  
  February 19, 2021 4:59 am
  
  PROVIDENCE – A pair of multifamily homes on the East Side, located on a single lot, has sold for $1.2 million, according to Residential...
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Five Questions With: Mark Cooper

Health Services January 17, 2021 10:30 pm

In September, Mark Cooper was named vice president of Medicare-Medicaid Product at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island after working for nearly 20 years...

PACE-RI’s music, art programs set for a tune-up

Health Services January 3, 2021 10:10 pm

PROVIDENCE – PACE Organization of Rhode Island’s art and music programs are poised for a makeover as the nonprofit prepares to move into its...

Neighborhood Health staff donate hundreds of holiday gifts for children

Health Services December 13, 2020 10:00 pm

SMITHFIELD – Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island’s reimagined holiday giving program has yielded gift bags for 250 children in the Greater Providence area. The...

RHODE ISLAND Health Insurance Commissioner Marie L. Ganim plans to retire in early January. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner Ganim to retire, Raimondo nominates former Medicaid...

Government December 2, 2020 1:18 pm

PROVIDENCE - After dedicating more than 35 years to state service in Rhode Island, state Health Insurance Commissioner Marie L. Ganim announced Wednesday that...

PBN Health Care Summit panel: Continued telehealth coverage a must

Coronavirus November 6, 2020 1:36 am

While telehealth has been critical for providers to check in on many of their patients during the pandemic, Marie L. Ganim, R.I. health insurance...

TALKING IT THROUGH: Panelists in the second half of the PBN Health Care Summit on Oct. 29 discuss the implications of returning to workplaces amid a rise in COVID-19 cases. The virtual panel included, clockwise from top left, Dr. Claire Levesque, from Tufts Health Plan; Peter Marino, from Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island; moderator Michael Mello, PBN editor; Dr. Matt Collins, from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island; and Siobhain Sullivan, from Rhode Island Medical Imaging Inc.

Are you ready to return to workplace? Not so fast

Coronavirus November 6, 2020 1:33 am

Rhode Island businesses yearning to get back to a pre-COVID-19 normal should not get their hopes up yet, particularly in light of a recent...

Neighborhood’s Medicare-Medicaid dual plan extended through 2023

Health Services November 1, 2020 10:00 pm

SMITHFIELD – Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island has announced a three-year extension of its Medicare-Medicaid Duals Program. The program, known as the INTEGRITY plan,...

5Q: Leslie Taito Chief of staff, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With: Leslie Taito

5Q October 9, 2020 1:00 am

Leslie Taito | Chief of Staff, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island 1. Why did you leave your role as CEO of the manufacturer Hope...

Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island

Business Services October 1, 2020 12:00 am

PBN Best Places to Work 2020 LARGE COMPANIES 7. Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island Employees in R.I.: 493 CEO and President Peter Marino Questions answered by: Chief...

Beacon a lesson for hospital merger

Commentary September 25, 2020 2:40 am

As prospects for a merger between Rhode Island’s two hospital systems appear to grow more promising (“Lifespan, CNE Move Forward With Letter of Intent...

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R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 375, with 11 new deaths

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A MAN WALKS to clean snow off a car along a row of homes in Central Falls, the community hit hardest by the pandemic in the state. / AP FILE PHOTO/DAVID GOLDMAN

2 hard-hit cities, 2 diverging fates in vaccine rollout

February 24, 2021 10:43 am

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