PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is losing one of its more valuable players in the public health arena, with the departure of Anya Rader Wallack, Ph.D., Professor of the Practice at the Center for … more

PROVIDENCE – Benjamin Shaffer, the director of the R.I. Medicaid office, has his finger on the pulse on a huge share of medical spending in Rhode Island. He is responsible for managing the flow … more

Part THREEPROVIDENCE – The unprecedented decision by R.I. Attorney General Peter Neronha to create an $80 million escrow fund as a condition of the change in ownership at Prospect Medical … more

Part TWOPROVIDENCE – In less than 40 minutes, R.I. Attorney General Peter Neronha delivered a master class on the financial problems with for-profit, private equity of financing of hospitals in … more

Part ONEPROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter Neronha showed his true grit, acting as the state’s number-one public health advocate with authority granted him under the Hospital … more

PROVIDENCE – As news releases go, the announcement last week that Gov. Dan McKee had chosen Richard Charest to serve as the next director of the R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, … more