Tag: Robert Hackey
With tax credits about to end, Rhode Islanders could pay thousands...
As the Dec. 31 end to federal subsidies for federal health care nears, pressure is mounting on insurers, providers, and the nearly 40,000 Rhode...
Already on life support, hospitals blast McKee’s FY26 proposed funding cuts...
Seventy-two minutes after Gov. Daniel J. McKee released his proposed fiscal 2026 budget on Jan. 16, the state’s hospital trade group fired back.
The Hospital...
Unionized physician residents: How might it change care?
When Dr. Ben Raymond-Kolker graduated from medical school, he had his sights set on a medical residency program at Rhode Island Hospital. But it...
$175M acquisition is worth it for Lifespan
Despite facing financial challenges in the recent fiscal year, Lifespan Corp. is confident its $175 million purchase of two cash-strapped hospitals in Massachusetts will...
R.I. joining more licensing compacts, but will there be any difference?
Rhode Island is joining another interstate medical licensure compact that allows health care workers to practice in multiple states with an expedited licensing process,...
Where does Lifespan-Brown agreement leave Care New England?
As Rhode Island’s largest health system celebrates a new affiliation agreement with Brown University, the win for Lifespan Corp. and Brown could create a...
Not everybody sold on the proposed Centurion hospital transaction in R.I.
Some view the Centurion Foundation’s proposal to buy Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital from Prospect Medical Holdings as a...
City opens PILOT talks with Lifespan
While Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley has celebrated the passage of the latest payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreements with Providence’s four colleges and universities, uncertainties remain about...
Kent’s financial woes linger, but what’s the solution?
WARWICK – Hospital systems in Rhode Island appear to be on the road toward financial recovery after both Lifespan Corp. and Care New England...
Labor unrest simmers at hospitals
Health care workers across the state are grappling with a mix of low pay and poor working conditions that is driving colleagues away from...
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