Tag: Primary Care Doctors
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...
What does merger of large R.I. physician groups mean for cost,...
Brown University Health is preparing to absorb one of the state’s largest physician groups, putting more than 1,500 doctors under one entity – a...
Insurers face new rules to bolster primary care
Health care professionals are closely monitoring the fallout of new regulations the R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner established this year that are...
Is Anchor Medical’s closure spurring action to solve primary care?
The looming closure of Anchor Medical Associates has highlighted a critical dilemma facing Rhode Island’s health system: Tens of thousands of patients are in...
Anchor Medical closure will force 25K R.I. patients to find new...
PROVIDENCE – Thousands of Rhode Islanders are now searching for a new primary care provider after Anchor Medical Associates notified patients its offices are...
PRIMARY DUTIES: Nurse practitioners playing bigger role as doctors disappear
Erica Ogni’s workday starts early and is chock full, with as many as two dozen patients trooping through her exam room at South County...
Commentary: To save R.I. health care, invest more in Medicaid
Rhode Island’s health care system is in crisis, and it cannot be ignored any longer.
As many Rhode Islanders can attest, booking a doctor’s appointment...
Will making primary health care available at local pharmacies and other...
Woonsocket-based CVS Health Corp. recently announced plans to establish up to 350 primary care centers across the country by the end of 2024.
Each of...
Primary care concerns intensified by pandemic
Hospitals dominate headlines when it comes to caring for those sick with COVID-19.
But the pandemic has also put a spotlight on an oft-overlooked segment...
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