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D. ELLEN WILSON has been named the new chairperson for the Bryant University's board of trustees. She is also the first woman board chair in the university's history. / COURTESY BRYANT UNIVERSITY

Bryant University names first woman chairperson for board of trustees

Education 01/16/2024

SMITHFIELD – D. Ellen Wilson has made it a point to connect with the Bryant University community since she first joined its board of...

4 R.I. companies reach 2023 Fortune 500 list

Capital Goods 06/07/2023

PROVIDENCE – Four Rhode Island companies have made the 2023 Fortune 500 list. CVS Health Corp. was ranked sixth after taking the fourth spot in...

UnitedHealth closes roughly $8B deal for Change Healthcare

Economic Activity 10/03/2022

MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) – UnitedHealth Group said Monday that it completed its acquisition of Change Healthcare, closing the roughly $8 billion deal a couple...

CVS Health moves closer to home care with $8B Signify deal

Economic Activity 09/07/2022

CVS Health Corp. will pay about $8 billion to expand into home care, a practice that could cut costs and keep patients happy, provided...

CVS Health named to FlexJobs’ 100 Top Companies with Remote Jobs...

Technology 01/23/2019

PROVIDENCE – FlexJobs, an online service for those looking for telecommuting, freelance and other jobs for remote workers, said CVS Health Corp. is on...

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION released a blueprint called American Patients First that aims to increase competition for medicines and reduce patients’ out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/DHIRAJ SINGH

Trump promises aggressive campaign to cut U.S. drug prices

Government 05/11/2018

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump said he would propose the most sweeping plan in United States history to lower drug prices, an attempt...

WALMART IS EXPERIMENTING with a number of ways to bring down its health care costs, including setting up accountable care organizations at many of its employment centers, where the retailer buys care directly from providers. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/LUKE SHARRETT

Amazon isn’t only retail giant trying to remake health care

Economic Activity 03/08/2018

NEW YORK – Amazon.com Inc. says it wants to remake health care for its workers. But its biggest rival is beating it to the...

CIGNA HAS MADE an offer to buy pharmacy-benefits manager Express Scripts, the last remaining large and independent PBM in the nation, in a deal whose total value is $69.6 billion. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/RON ANTONELLI

Cigna to buy Express Scripts as health shakeout speeds up

Health Services 03/08/2018

NEW YORK – Cigna Corp. agreed to buy Express Scripts Holding Co. in an about $54 billion deal that builds on the rapid transformation...

CVS HEALTH'S pharmacy benefit management business came under fire, along with other PBMs, from the head of the Food and Drug Administration for holding drug prices artificially high. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL NAGLE

`Rigged’ system blocks use of lower-cost drugs, FDA chief says

Government 03/07/2018

WASHINGTON – A “rigged payment scheme” between drug plans, insurers and pharmaceutical companies has blocked access to less-expensive versions of some of the most costly drugs...