Tag: R.I. Department of Health
R.I. Senate passes legislation to expedite hospital mergers
PROVIDENCE - The R.I. Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would expedite the transaction that involves the merger of two hospital systems and the...
Weddings and small businesses – a Rhode Island love affair
Home to mansions and beaches, museums, historical architecture and a renowned culinary scene – Rhode Island has everything you’d want in a wedding-destination mecca,...
State agencies offer Rhode Islanders advice on Lyme disease
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health and the R.I. Department of Environmental Management have teamed up to encourage Rhode Islanders to take precautions...
DOH: Providence youth turning away from tobacco use
PROVIDENCE – Fewer Providence teenagers report using e-cigarettes and flavored-tobacco products than do their peers from other Rhode Island cities following Providence’s 2013 tobacco...
Kilmartin seeks expanded Medicaid-fraud authority to fight home health care abuse
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin joined attorneys general from 36 states and the District of Columbia to urge the federal government...
CharterCARE Health Partners buys Blackstone Valley Surgicare
PROVIDENCE – Blackstone Valley Surgicare, Rhode Island’s largest freestanding ambulatory surgery center, has been acquired from Surgical Care Affiliates by CharterCARE Health Partners. The...
Wetle steps down as dean of Brown University’s School of Public...
PROVIDENCE – Seventeen years after helping to launch Brown University’s School of Public Health, Terrie Fox Wetle is stepping down as dean. A search...
March of Dimes recognizes R.I. for reduction in preterm birth rates
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island received the March of Dimes Virginia Apgar Prematurity Campaign Leadership Award on May 1 for the state’s dramatic reduction in...
Providers treating acute pain subject to tougher opioid-prescription rules
PROVIDENCE – Medical providers prescribing opioids to individuals with acute pain are subject to new, tougher regulations, according to the R.I. Department of Health,...
R.I. receives $2.2M to fight opioid epidemic
PROVIDENCE – Approximately $2.2 million in federal funding has been awarded to the R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals to use...
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