Tag: Teresa Paiva Weed
Paiva Weed to retire as HARI president
PROVIDENCE – Teresa Paiva Weed will retire as president of the Hospital Association of Rhode Island by the end of the summer, the trade...
New law allows graduating nurses to start practicing sooner
PROVIDENCE – Graduate registered nurses will be able to start practicing before taking their national licensing exam under a new law sponsored by Senate...
How late Sen. Majority Whip Maryellen Goodwin influenced policy after her...
A black tarp covering an empty Senate desk and a vase of white flowers perched atop served as a visual reminder of the late...
HARI looks to improve maternal health for Black women across Rhode...
PROVIDENCE – After news broke last year that Black women experienced severe maternal morbidity at nearly twice the rate of white women throughout Rhode...
CareLink working to decontaminate N95 masks for nursing, group homes
EAST PROVIDENCE – CareLink, an East Providence-based nonprofit network of health care providers for seniors, has begun coordinating access to decontamination services for N95...
Hospitals balk at proposals in Raimondo’s budget plan
Hospitals in Rhode Island stand to lose more than $17 million in state money and millions more in matching federal funds if a proposed...
Hospital leaders testify against cutting state match to Medicaid funds
PROVIDENCE – On Thursday, hospital leaders from throughout the state testified at the House Committee on Finance’s Human Services Subcommittee hearing on the Executive...
R.I. congressional delegation announces $26M in federal Medicare labor cost aid
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island will receive approximately $26 million in additional federal Medicare payments following the renewal of the “wage index” adjustment by the...
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