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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Lt. Gov. Elizabeth H. Roberts championed the positive results of the Affordable Care Act during a recent visit with local seniors.
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Dr. Donald Berwick, the former head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, brought a message of quality improvement to the sixth annual Lifespan Patient Safety Symposium held Thursday evening at the Crowne Plaza hotel.
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One of the first multi-payer patient-centered medical home demonstration projects in the nation, the Rhode Island Chronic Care Sustainability Initiative announced plans Friday to add up to 20 new primary care medical practices in 2013, increasing coverage from about 86,000 to 190,000 Rhode Islanders.
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Kent Hospital will hold a community open house to celebrate the grand opening of its new, state-of-the-art ambulatory service center on May 15, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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The new professional organization, MedMates, which seeks to connect professionals in Rhode Island’s health tech economy, will hold its official kick-off event at the Founder’s League om April 24
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The six-month project to plan for the future of Rhode Island’s health care delivery system will hold its first working group session on April 25 at 8 a.m. at the Brown Continuing Education Center on Dyer Street.
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The sale of Westerly Hospital for $69 million to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital of New London, Conn., was approved today by state regulators, the first such hospital sale approved under the expedited review process of the revised Hospital Conversions Act.
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State regulators have deemed the initial application to be complete for the expedited review of Memorial Hospital of Pawtucket merger into the Care New England hospital network.
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Senior vice president and chief information officer at Care New England details how EHRs and health IT are changing the dynamics between patients and providers.
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On April 15, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island filed its proposed rates for health insurance products for coverage beginning on Jan. 1, 2014, with an overall average increase of 18.1 percent for individuals and an overall average increase of 14.7 percent for small groups, according to documents provided by Blue Cross justifying the rate requests.
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