Tag: Primary Care
Brown Health agrees to add 40K primary care patients in deal...
PROVIDENCE – Brown University Health, Rhode Island’s largest health system, will acquire a major physician network and add 40,000 new patients to its primary...
Amazon spends $1B to increase pay and lower health care costs...
NEW YORK (AP) – Amazon says it's making a $1 billion investment to raise wages and lower the cost of health care plans for...
Dentists: R.I. insurer’s effort to help sector falls short
Delta Dental of Rhode Island’s new student loan repayment program has stirred up ongoing debates over the causes of a dentist shortage in the...
POWER SURGE: AG Neronha has asserted his authority in the name...
Peter F. Neronha is in the homestretch of his second – and final – term as Rhode Island’s attorney general, and his workload is...
Southcoast Health expands access to specialty care services
WAREHAM, Mass. – Southcoast Health recently announced it has expanded its specialty care office.
The expanded outpatient care location, Southcoast Health at Rosebrook, offers interdisciplinary...
Health care community celebrates wins in proposed FY 2026 state budget
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island health care advocates and leaders are celebrating the allocations for hospitals, medical practices and providers included in the proposed $14.3...
Neronha unveils initiatives to heal state’s ailing health care system
PROVIDENCE – A new state agency, a lawsuit against CVS Health Corp. and a proposed law to raise Medicaid reimbursement rates to 100% of...
Primary Care and RI Healthcare Crisis: South County Health is Working...
Rhode Island’s healthcare system is at a breaking point, affecting patients, providers, and hospitals statewide as there are too few primary care and specialty...
OHIC: hospital, drug costs drove jump in health care spending
CRANSTON – Hospital and drug costs were the main drivers of a 7.8% rise in health care spending in 2023, according to a report...
Work with industry to fix primary care
Sixty-six percent of respondents to a recent PBN.com poll said state leaders were not responding to Rhode Island’s primary care crisis.
So, give Gov. Daniel...

















