Unionized health care workers who just weeks ago voiced fear and distrust about the proposed merger of Lifespan and Care New England now say they fully support a plan to combine Rhode Island’s two largest hospital systems. The labor union support is a major milestone for the deal, which needs state and federal regulatory approval. […]
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RI health director stepping down at critical time for the state’s health care system
Rhode Island Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott is resigning her post, leaving a major leadership hole at a time when the state’s health care system is straining under the pandemic’s latest wave. Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s office, which announced her departure Thursday, said the governor “regretfully” accepted her resignation. Alexander-Scott approached McKee about her plans […]
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Lifespan, Care New England seek regulators’ approval to merge
Lifespan and Care New England have filed a formal application with state regulators to combine their hospital systems into one academic medical center with Brown University. The filings were submitted to state health officials late Monday but had not yet been publicly posted, Joseph Wendelken, a Health Department spokesman, said. Rhode Island’s largest and second-largest […]
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Scott MacKay’s Commentary: The RI Hospital Merger Follies
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has stepped in to halt the takeover of a string of Rhode Island hospitals by Partners HealthCare, a Boston hospital giant. Scott MacKay, political analyst for The Public’s Radio, says a Rhode Island solution to the hospital business will require compromises that the state’s hospital leaders have not been willing to forge.
