Tag: Robert Hackey
Cross-border toll: Brown Health’s Mass. facilities have lost millions; will it...
When state Rep. Lauren H. Carson saw Brown University Health’s financial performance earlier this year, she was fuming.
Rhode Island’s largest health system reported a...
Brown Health losses raise fears for R.I. services
Brown University Health insists losses tied to two ailing Massachusetts hospitals have no bearing on financial decisions affecting Rhode Island operations.
But they can’t convince...
TO THE RESCUE? Centurion’s effort to save 2 safety-net hospitals just...
As a nurse of three years in Roger Williams Medical Center’s Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Joanna Sanzone has supported patients facing harrowing diagnoses...
R.I.’s hospital crisis could deepen
Federal health insurance cuts are poised to amplify dire financial problems at Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, observers say,...
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...


















