Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha has rejected a proposed merger of Rhode Island’s two largest hospital systems, saying that consolidating Lifespan and Care New England would create a single system with “extraordinary market power” in violation of state and federal antitrust laws. On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission released a redacted copy of […]
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Life On Hold: Hundreds of people in R.I have surgeries delayed
Harry and Lorraine Sterling have been enjoying a kind of extended honeymoon since they married four years ago. They found each other on an internet dating site for seniors. They are regular theatre-goers. And though they are both in their 80s they still love to travel. This winter, they planned to hitch their red Mini […]
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Hospital employees and public voice concerns about Lifespan-Care New England merger
More than 250 people joined the first public hearing this week to weigh in on the proposed merger of Rhode Island’s two largest healthcare systems, Lifespan and Care New England. “I’m terrified about the impacts of this merger,’’ said Sara Gello Weinreich, a nurse at Butler Hospital in Providence. She recalled that Butler Hospital used […]
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Omicron surge forecast to peak in RI as early as this week
A forecasting model from a Brown University epidemiologist predicts that Rhode Island will see record high COVID-19 cases and hospitalization as early as this week. Health reporter Lynn Arditi spoke with John P. Fulton about the models he and his colleague at Brown’s School of Public Health developed for the state Department of Health. Dr. […]
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Rhode Island hospital officials, physicians group call for indoor mask mandate
The recent rise in COVID-19 cases in Rhode Island prompted the state’s largest hospital group and a physicians organization this week to call for a mandatory indoor mask mandate, a measure that Governor Daniel J. McKee has so far expressed reluctance to impose. Lifespan, which operates five hospitals including Rhode Island Hospital, the state’s only […]
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Lifespan-Care New England could qualify for a fast-track merger
A Senate bill that would have given state regulators more time and leverage to review the proposed merger of Rhode Islands’ two largest hospital systems – Lifespan and Care New England – has stalled in the House. The bill (S-443) introduced by Senate Majority Leader Michael J. McCaffrey, D-Warwick, would have increased from 120 days […]
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Lifespan, Care New England sign merger deal to create an academic health system with Brown University
Lifespan and Care New England have signed a merger agreement to create one academic health system with Brown University, the companies announced Tuesday. The long-anticipated deal between Rhode Island’s two largest hospital networks includes a five-year $125 million investment from Brown, which operates the state’s only medical school. Brown will join the governing board and […]
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Hospital ERs bursting as coronavirus cases climb
Hospitalizations for the coronavirus have more than doubled in Rhode Island during the past month, and hospital ERs are straining to find room for patients waiting for hospital beds.
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Lifespan and Care New England restart merger talks as pandemic-related losses mount
Lifespan and Care New England have announced plans for a merger that would include creating a nonprofit academic medical center with Brown University.
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Roger Williams Medical Center placed on probation by an accrediting group
The hospital’s probationary accreditation was triggered by the accreditation council’s decision to close the dermatology program after learning that its residents were no longer training at Roger Williams.