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Medicare reimbursements to increase at 4 R.I. hospitals in '13
Four Rhode Island hospitals – Newport, Kent, South County and Westerly hospitals – will receive an increase totaling $7.1 million increase in Medicare payments for fiscal year 2013. more
Blue Cross, Care New England move toward new contract
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and Care New England have signed a letter of intent to reopen their current contract and create a new, five-year “partnership” that repositions reimbursements according to new global payment and quality metrics. more
Rena Wing receives lifetime achievement award
Rena R. Wing, director of the Weight Control & Diabetes Research Center at The Miriam Hospital, has received the Lifetime Achievement award from the American Psychology Association for her pioneering work in obesity research. more
Prescriptions offered for workplace wellness
“Healthier employees are happier employees,” said Dina Pescione, a benefits manager at Amica Mutual Insurance Co. And that happiness factor, she says, has a direct correlation with the positive manner in which customer service is delivered, a key focus of what Amica sees as its competitive edge in insurance. more
By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 8/20/12
9 R.I. hospitals penalized for hospital re-admissions
Nine Rhode Island hospitals will be penalized by the government starting in October because many of their patients are re-admitted soon after discharge. The Rhode Island institutions will lose a total of $1.6 million in Medicare funds, with Rhode Island Hospital losing the most at $699,765. more
Tour of new Tockwotton held
As workmen busily labored on the construction of Tockwotton Home’s new $52.3 million, five-story facility along the edge of Narragansett Bay, Kevin McKay, Tockwotton’s executive director, led a tour of the facility on Aug. 13 for U.S. Rep. David N. Cicilline and news media. more
Letters between Kilmartin, Steward CEO leaked to media
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. more
Landmark, Blue Cross agree to extend contract
A memorandum of understanding was reached Wednesday between Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and Landmark Medical Center of Woonsocket to extend the previous insurance contract that had expired on July 16. more
R.I. Hospital, Miriam launch Cardiovascular Institute
Two Lifespan members, Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital, have launched a new Cardiovascular Institute that combines the hospitals’ programs into a more unified, streamlined cardiac services for patients. more
Medicare tax to increase for S-corporations
S-corporations have come under scrutiny by both federal and state tax officials who worry about attempts to dodge paying additional Medicare taxes. State tax officials, however, have seen no evidence they are being used as tax shelters. more

By Michael Souza
PBN Staff Writer | 9/24/12

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