Tag: Roger Williams Medical Center
CharterCARE hospitals first in R.I. to use Twiage app
PROVIDENCE – Speedy information on a patient’s condition is vital when a hospital is preparing to receive a patient from a rescue call, an...
BCBSRI levels behaviorial health copays with primary care, lifts approval rule
PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is making behavioral health doctor visit copays the same cost as primary care and...
Roger Williams Medical Center adds medication assisted treatment to addiction services
PROVIDENCE — Medication Assisted Treatment, which has gained support as the state campaigns to curb opioid abuse and overdose deaths, is now offered at...
Five Questions With: Dr. Michael A. Reuter
Dr. Michael A. Reuter is a podiatrist with Medial Associates of Rhode Island with offices in East Providence and Bristol. He is board-certified in foot surgery and affiliated with The...
Top Doctors List names 279 local physicians to ranks for 2017-18
PROVIDENCE – About 279 physicians in Rhode Island and Bristol County, Mass., have been named by their peers to the Top Doctors List for...
BCBS names area hospitals as Blue Distinction Centers
PROVIDENCE — The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association has named several area hospitals as Blue Distinction Centers for five areas of specialty care as...
Singer and Meharg presented with 2017 distinguished service award
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Ira Singer and Dr. Joseph “Jody” Meharg were each presented with the 2017 Distinguished Service Award for their many contributions at...
Four R.I. hospitals penalized for high patient injury, infection rates
PROVIDENCE — Four Rhode Island hospitals have been penalized with a 1 percent reduction in Medicare payments for fiscal 2018 by the federal Centers...
R.I. hospitals’ dilemma: Nurture innovation or be downsized by it
Medical innovation saves and improves otherwise desperate lives and lends prestige to the hospitals nurturing it, while attracting new patients, funding, and top researchers...
WPRI: Brown and Prospect considering bid to buy CNE
PROVIDENCE – Brown University and a California company, Prospect Medical Holdings Inc., are in tentative, yet “serious talks” about making an offer to acquire...
