Tag: Thundermist Health Center
PRIMARY DUTIES: Nurse practitioners playing bigger role as doctors disappear
Erica Ogni’s workday starts early and is chock full, with as many as two dozen patients trooping through her exam room at South County...
Thundermist’s finances now stabilized, hires new CEO and president
WOONSOCKET – Thanks to local health care stakeholders, Thundermist Health Center is officially out of the financial intensive care unit and on the mend.
Additionally,...
The collapse of primary care in Rhode Island and how we...
Primary care in Rhode Island is facing an immediate and unprecedented crisis, and the gravity of the situation is not entirely understood. Across the...
Should R.I. health care entities provide requested loans to financially ailing...
Woonsocket’s Thundermist Health Center last month terminated the contract of its former CEO and president and laid off 124 people.
Now the nonprofit is asking...
A wake-up call for health care system
The financial crisis that enveloped Steward Health Care hospitals just across the state border in Massachusetts over the past year was a wake-up call...
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Thundermist interim CEO Montanaro optimistic about future, but bailout is needed
WOONSOCKET – Maria Montanaro sees a light at the end of a very dark tunnel at Thundermist Health Center’s offices in that she hopes...
Report: Thundermist asking for $8M bailout to avoid receivership
WARWICK – About a month after it laid off 14% of its staff, Thundermist Health Center is reportedly in such dire straits that it...
Thundermist Health Center cuts 124 employees
WARWICK– Facing financial struggles, Thundermist Health Center has reduced its staff.
On Thursday Thundermist laid off 124 of its 907 employees – marking a 14%...
R.I. Foundation, state award $1.3M to 19 nonprofits addressing opioid crisis
PROVIDENCE – Nineteen local nonprofits working on the front lines of addressing Rhode Island’s opioid crisis received $1.3 million in grants from the Rhode...