Tag: Primary Care
Providence Community Health Centers to lay off 70 employees
PROVIDENCE – Providence Community Health Centers Inc., which serves more than 80,000 patients, announced Thursday it is laying off 70 employees.
The nonprofit health organization...
McKee announces strategic plans to strengthen R.I.’s primary care system
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Tuesday announced strategic plans to strengthen the state’s primary care system, which include addressing the impact of...
Care New England Health System opens Pawtucket pharmacy
PAWTUCKET – Care New England Health System opened its new pharmacy on Brewster Street Monday.
The facility is located at the Care New England Medical...
Are you satisfied with the state’s response to the planned closure...
On April 4, primary care physician group Anchor Medical Associates announced it was closing its three locations in Lincoln, Providence and Warwick by June...
Blue Cross to raise primary care payments by $40M through 2028
PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is raising its payments to primary care providers in the state by about $40...
State needs Rx for ailing health system
“We could be heading for a catastrophe,” Dr. Michael Wagner, Care New England Health System CEO and president, said when asked to assess Rhode...
McKee, RIDOH announce grant funding to boost primary care training capacity
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee and the R.I. Department of Health recently announced the state will make up to $90,000 in grant funding...
Are nurse practitioners taking on too much responsibility in Rhode Island’s...
Over a five-year period the number of nurse practitioners in Rhode Island grew by 34%, to 1,475 in 2024.
That growth comes as doctors willing...
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...
Nurse practitioners fill gap in R.I. primary care
The difficulty too many Rhode Islanders have finding new doctors would be even more of a crisis if not for the growth in nurse...
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