Katie Castellani
Reporter at Providence Business News
reporter @ProvBusNews Previously: @RTDnews @urjournalism @urcollegian Open to tips: [email protected]
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pbn.com | Katie Castellani
PROVIDENCE – A nursing assistant training program’s application for an ownership change is on probation after the R.I. Department of Health found several violations of state law during site visits. Your Choice of Training Program LLC has been a licensed program since May 2023. The program was owned by Jose Nunez and managed and operated Already a Subscriber?
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4 days ago |
pbn.com | Katie Castellani
CRANSTON – Hospital and drug costs were the main drivers of a 7.8% rise in health care spending in 2023, according to a report released by the Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner Monday. The annual report assesses health care spending, quality and equity performance and includes updated recommendations to improve system oversight and affordability. In 2023, the state’s health care cost growth target was 6% and set by the state’s Cost Trends Steering Committee.
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pbn.com | Katie Castellani
PROVIDENCE – The Women & Infants Hospital 2025 Gala, which was held May 2, raised more than $410,000 for the hospital. Hundreds of community leaders, patients, donors and colleagues attended the event, which supports the Women & Infants Annual Fund. The gala celebrated those who helped raise funds that were used to complete the Brown University Labor and Delivery Center, which opened in March. The event also recognized the hospital’s work in providing health care to women.
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pbn.com | Katie Castellani
ATTLEBORO – Sturdy Health recently announced that Natalie Cook, vice president and chief human resources officer, was named to one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s “Top Hospital and Health System CHROs to Know in 2025.”Since joining Sturdy Health in 2022, Cook has played an important role for talent acquisition and retention through introducing employee-centered benefits and expanding wellness offerings supported by a new Wellness Committee, as well as an annual health and benefits fair.
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pbn.com | Katie Castellani
PROVIDENCE – The Community College of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College recently announced a fully online Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. The partnership is meant to offer graduates a flexible and affordable pathway to earning their Bachelor of Science in nursing degree. “This program is deeply personal to me,” said Rosemary Costigan, registered nurse and interim president of the Community College of Rhode Island.
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https://t.co/5UkTRgUTXL Access to family and reproductive health care for thousands of Rhode Islanders is in question after the Trump administration froze Title X funding
Notable director, M. Night Shyamalan, and best-selling author, Nicholas Sparks, are teaming up on a movie that is set to be filmed in the Ocean State. https://t.co/M3LiM2fqvI
RIHEBC has approved up to $165M in bonds needed to finance the sale of Roger Williams Medical Center and Fatima Hospital. S&P gave the bonds a BB- rating with a negative outlook. https://t.co/JvY4b9WLXT