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R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller says there’s enough unfinished business to keep him working right up until the last minute of his scheduled departure at the end of June. That’s when he’s set to begin his new job as president of the Milbank Memorial Fund in New York City.
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By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 5/13/13 |
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Aidance Skincare, a skincare company based in Woonsocket, is partnering with Surfers Healing Rhode Island to host a surf camp for autistic children on Sept. 14 in Narragansett.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Leaders of the Rhode Island Health Insurance Small Employer Taskforce are calling for greater transparency in health care provider finances following the release of national data for the top 100 most frequently billed procedures under Medicare.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Brown University has named David Savitz, currently professor of epidemiology in the Brown School of Public Health and professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the Warren Alpert School of Medicine, as its new vice president of research.
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By PBN Staff
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As an offering for master’s level students, Salve Regina University will run a certificate of advanced graduate studies in substance abuse and treatment program, the university announced Monday.
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By Alex Kowalski |
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced on April 29 that the application for health coverage has been simplified and significantly shortened.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Rhode Island Hospital became the first hospital in New England, and among the first in the country, to treat a patient with an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) that uses the novel approach of a single lead to sense changes in the heart’s upper chamber, the atrium.
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By Richard Asinof |
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President and CEO of Care New England discusses the R.I. Health Benefits Exchange and the departure of Chris Koller.
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By Richard Asinof |
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As part of the rollout of the new Rhode Island 2013 Community Health Needs Assessment and a new website, the Hospital Association of Rhode Island and the R.I. Department of Health handed out blue squeezable stress balls, indicative of one of the major findings: Rhode Island has a problem with its mental health.
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By Richard Asinof |
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The Rhode Island Business Group on Health is calling upon the R.I. General Assembly to form a binding commission to address excess hospital bed capacity in the state, the group announced on May 1.
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By Richard Asinof |
- Stonehill names new leader Friday, May 17
- R.I. sees 3rd-highest construction job contraction in April Friday, May 17
- Next deadline approaching for Betaspring hopefuls Friday, May 17
