Health Services

Life Sciences
May 25
Bloomberg News

New type of flu vaccine outperforms in animal tests

A new type of flu vaccine developed at the U.S. National Institutes of Health outperformed existing products in animal tests, possibly paving the way for a new generation of vaccines.
Health Care
May 25
By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer

Health council mapping out ways to curb costs

Having documented Rhode Island’s projected future need of hospital beds in a report delivered on April 30 to the R.I. General Assembly, the state’s Health Care Planning and Accountability Advisory Council is laying the groundwork for a statewide plan to help control ever-rising care and insurance costs.
Health Care
May 24

Exchange’s new direction becomes clearer

The new names and tag lines for the R.I. Health Benefits Exchange that tested the best with consumers were “RI Health Source and Health Source RI” and “We’ve got you covered” and “Your health. Your way,” according to Michael Perry, who conducted market research on behalf of the exchange.
Health Care
May 23

Lifespan continues restructuring its workforce

(Updated, 1:45 p.m.) Lifespan, Rhode Island’s largest hospital network, is undertaking what it called an “Operational Restructuring Initiative” to trim between $100 and $150 million from $1.7 billion in annual expenses over the next 30 months, hospital officials announced on Wednesday.
Health Insurance
May 22

Koller orders health care pricing transparency by insurers

In a bulletin issued Tuesday afternoon to health care insurers, R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller announced new “obligations” for insurers to disclose the price of health care services to certain health care providers.

Financial Services
May 21

Five Questions With: Jordan Arovas

Senior vice president and manager of specialty banking at Webster Bank talks about working with medical practices.
Health Care
May 20

Home & Hospice Care named among U.S. best

Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island has been named a 2013 Hospice Honors recipient, recognizing the agency as one of the nation’s top 100 hospice agencies providing the best patient care.
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