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The Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island has entered into partnership discussions with Care New England, according to a joint statement released Thursday by Memorial’s acting president and CEO Arthur DeBlois and Dennis D. Keefe, president and CEO of Care New England.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Care New England and CharterCare Health Partners have agreed to pay $1 million and $300,000, respectively, to the city of Providence in a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement, Mayor Angel Taveras announced Friday.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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Christine C. Ferguson will be appointed by Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee as the new director of the R.I. Health Benefits Exchange at a news conference at the Statehouse, state officials annouced Thursday.
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By Richard Asinof |
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All three of Rhode Island’s health insurers filed rate increase requests for both small and large groups for 2013 well below their historical trend, according to analysis provided by the R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner.
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By Richard Asinof |
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The pending sale of Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket to Steward Health Care of Boston took another strange twist on Monday with the leak of private correspondence between Dr. Ralph de la Torres, chairman and CEO of Steward, and R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island announced today its LifeStyleBlue health plan for the small employer market, with flexibility of three different benefit designs to fit the lifestyles of a diverse population.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Updated, Dec. 8, 12:45 p.m.
Citing higher medical cost trends, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island filed for new rate factors for 2013 with the R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner.
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By Richard Asinof |
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In a Superior Court filing on Tuesday asking for more leeway in paying Rhode Island more than $5 million owed in state hospital licensing fees, Special Master Jonathan N. Savage said that he no longer expects for-profit Steward Health Care to move ahead with its deal to buy Landmark Medical Center.
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By Richard Asinof |
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The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded $1.8 million in grants to seven organizations across the state from its Fund for a Healthy Rhode Island.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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Brown University’s Executive Master of Healthcare Leadership program has created a nine-member advisory committee to help the program focus on the nation’s rapidly changing health care landscape.
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By PBN Staff
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