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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.
Public Policy
May 20

Next step charted on path to a statewide plan

After a lengthy and often frank discussion, the state’s Health Planning Advisory Council reached consensus at its May 13 meeting on future priorities for its work in the coming year, in alignment with the R.I. General Assembly’s statutory directions.
Health Care
May 20

Lifespan, Gateway receive state OK to partner

Lifespan, the state’s largest hospital network, received state approval to expand its network in a new partnership with Gateway Healthcare, the region’s largest community behavioral health organization, hospital officials announced on May 13.
Life Sciences
May 20

Vaccine development for H7N9 flu moving forward

It has been a very busy month and half for Dr. Anne S. De Groot and her team at EpiVax, a bioscience firm based in the Knowledge District, which celebrated its 15th birthday on May 17.
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