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The Clinica Esperanza/Hope Clinic received a $40,000 grant from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island to help fund its new walk-in Cheer clinic.
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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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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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R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller announced today that he was lowering the previously approved health insurance average premium increases for Tufts Health Plan subscribers.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island’s BlueSolutions for HAS Direct Plan 5000/10000 plan was the only insurance plan in Rhode Island to earn five stars on U.S. News & World Report’s list of the Best Health Insurance Plans.
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Mark Reynolds, president and CEO of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, has resigned after seven years to take a new job as president and CEO of CRICO, the patient safety and medical professional liability company serving the Harvard Medical Community.
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The R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner released the results of its annual survey of Rhode Island providers on Oct. 12, which found Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island scoring higher than its two commercial health insurance competitors, UnitedHealthcare and Tufts Health Plan in the three categories measured.
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Following a three-hour hearing today, Superior Court Judge Michael A. Silverstein gave his conditional approval of the asset purchase agreement for the sale of Landmark Medical Center to Prime Healthcare Services in Ontario, Calif.
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By Richard Asinof |
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A new report issued today by the R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner found that commercial health insurers met the spending targets for primary care in 2011 and are expected to do so for 2012.
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R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller issued an order Friday that found Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island had engaged in unfair and discriminatory practices in large group markets.
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