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ONE OF A KIND: This overdose prevention center on Willard Avenue in Providence will be the first state-regulated facility of its kind in the country when it opens later this year. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Providence to host nation’s first state-regulated overdose prevention center

The first-ever state-regulated overdose prevention center in the country is on track to open later this year at 45 Willard Ave. in Providence. An overdose...
THE 57-BED Elderwood at Riverside nursing home in East Providence closed in 2022, one of several homes that have shuttered since the COVID-19 pandemic began. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Nursing home law remains in limbo amid uncertainty about fixes

A law enacted three years ago intended to ensure quality care at Rhode Island nursing homes has yet to be enforced, and no one...

New pilot program will help unhoused Rhode Islanders with medical needs

PROVIDENCE – The state is launching a new pilot program to help Rhode Islanders experiencing housing insecurity or homelessness with acute medical and behavioral...

R.I. leaders address staffing concerns and overcrowding in emergency rooms

PROVIDENCE – As hospitals continue to grapple with a spike in respiratory viruses and overcrowded emergency rooms, state health officials and hospital leaders are...

R.I. Office of Healthy Aging launches website for seniors, caregivers, adults...

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Office of Healthy Aging has launched a web platform to provide a central resource for information for seniors, adults with...

Rhode Island seeks health insurance usage info during phone survey

PROVIDENCE – HealthSource RI and the R.I. Executive Office of Health & Human Services have teamed up to gather information about how Rhode Islanders...

Beane, EOHHS cabinet enjoy community day in Olneyville

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Executive Office of Health & Human Services Secretary Eric J. Beane hosted a community day in the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence...
THE HOUSE APPROVED A $9.6 BILLION fiscal 2019 budget on Friday. / PBN FILE PHOTO/NICOLE DOTZENROD

House Finance Committee to consider 2019 state budget

PROVIDENCE – A key legislative committee on Friday is expected to take up revisions to the fiscal year 2019 state budget proposal released earlier...

EOHHS receives $1.5M in Mylan qui tam settlement

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Executive Office of Health & Human Services received $1.5 million from the settlement of allegations Mylan Inc. and Mylan Specialty...
DELOITTE RECENTLY INFORMED the state that a newly discovered software error resulted in thousands of unprocessed applications in the RI Bridges software used by the state Executive Office of Health & Human Services. In response, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo negotiated a $58.6 million credit from Deloitte to pay for maintenance and fiscal year 2018 operations. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Deloitte credits R.I. $58.6M for new RI Bridges software errors

PROVIDENCE – Deloitte Consulting LLP has agreed to credit Rhode Island $58.6 million and pay any fines from the federal Food and Nutrition Services...
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