While the vast majority of older adults have Medicare, they still have significant out-of-pocket costs. Medicare Part B Premiums alone amount to $2,100 a year. Add in deductibles, co-payments and the … more

 ‘AI is coming and there’s nothing stopping it’ Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool in the healthcare field as well as reinventing and reinvigorating the way … more

Voice a complaint about the health system and without prompting you’re bound to get nods of agreement and a tale or two that is one better than the experience you just recounted. It seems like … more

STORY OF THE WEEK: Back in the day, the approach of the end of February would signal the time for the Providence Newspaper Guild Follies – the bygone annual satiric sendup of the year in Rhode … more

Mayor Frank Picozzi disclosed Tuesday that an agreement has been worked out with former City Council President Steven Merolla, at no cost to the city, that will enable him to remain on the … more

Rhode Islanders are once again being asked at random to participate in a telephone survey for the annual RI Life Index. The perception-based survey is shaped by the RI Life Index Coalition, a group … more

This week the Rhode Island Health Care Association (RIHCA) released a statement advocating for the waiver of impending fines set forth by a new law that mandates a certain amount of care … more

Members of Care New England’s Marketing Department recently attended the New England Society for Healthcare Communications’ (NESHCo) annual conference in Portland, Maine where they … more

By ALEX MALM The Warwick City Council passed a resolution Monday night asking the administration and collective bargaining units to consider certain healthcare reforms when contracts are … more

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) announced Wednesday that all employees, interns, and volunteers in RIDOH-licensed healthcare facilities and all RIDOH-licensed healthcare providers must receive their final dose of COVID-19 vaccine by Oct. 1, more

By DOMINICK J. RUGGERIO and CHRISTOPHER CALLACI We all want to see our community hospitals succeed. They employ Rhode Islanders and provide vital services. Unfortunately, our recent experiences in Rhode Island lead us to believe that the for-profit more

By JOHN HOWELL -- With the announcement last week that Care New England is a step closer to becoming a part of Partners HealthCare of Boston, CNE prepared a list of "talking points"... more

By JOHN HOWELL -- Rhode Islanders would be the losers if Brown University and Prospect Medical Holdings based in California were to acquire Care New England Health System, says the man who ran Kent Hospital for the past five years. more