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PROVIDENCE – Elena Tenenbaum, a researcher with Women & Infants Hospitals’ Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk, was awarded a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in translational autism research, to help turn scientific discoveries into clinical treatments.
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7/16/12
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FOXBORO, Mass. – Gillette Stadium is now a fully smoke-free facility.
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7/16/12
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WARWICK – Kent Hospital announced on July 9 that it will serve as the corporate sponsor of a series of road races and walks during the next two years.
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7/16/12
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In honor of its 100th anniversary celebration, Liberty Mutual Insurance has donated $10,000 to Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island.
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7/16/12
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Officials in the Obama administration confidently predict that few, if any, states will opt out of the expansion of Medicaid that health care reform allows. Opponents say most of them will.
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Guest Column: Peter Orszag
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7/16/12
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R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller issued a notice of new proposed conditions relating to the rate factor decision for the 2012 rate requests by Rhode Island’s commercial health insurers.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Coastal Medical Inc., Rhode Island’s largest primary care group practice, was one of 89 medical organizations designated as an accountable care organization, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced on late Monday.
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By Richard Asinof |
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On Sunday, Massachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick signed a $32.5 billion state budget but vetoed the $32.1 million set aside by state lawmakers to keep Taunton State Hospital afloat, reported the Boston Globe.
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By PBN Staff
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Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island announced on June 29 that it is now accepting applications for its 2013 Blue Angel Community Health Grants, which help to extend health care to uninsured and vulnerable populations in Rhode Island.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Legislation to create a study commission to develop a statewide plan to educate health care professionals about the diagnosis, management and treatment of the disease became law without Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee’s signature, according to a release from Legislative Press Bureau on June 29.
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By Richard Asinof |