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Lifespan and Care New England
The plan for Lifespan and Care New England (CNE) to merge, if regulators approve it, would probably make Rhode Island health care more efficient. It would do this through integrating their hospitals and other units. That would do such things as speeding the sharing of patient information among health-care professionals and streamlining billing. Further, it would probably strengthen medical research and education in the state, much of it through the new enterprise’s very close links with the Alpert Medical School at Brown University, which, indeed, has pledged to provide at least $125 million over five years to help develop an “academic health system’’ as part of the merger.
Look for the General Assembly to flex its muscles on the Lifespan-Care New England merger
Senate Majority Leader Michael McCaffrey said Thursday he plans to introduce legislation that would revise the Hospital Conversions Act
Updated February 26, 2021, 9:13 a.m.
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Rhode Island Senate Majority Leader Michael J. McCaffrey a Warwick Democrat, during the swearing in ceremony at Rhode Island College in January 2021.Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff
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Political Roundtable: Cuervo on schools, tax-exempts and why he s running for mayor of Providence Published Fri Feb 26 2021 08:57:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) by Ian Donnis
Gonzalo Cuervo, one of the Democrats running to succeed Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza in 2022, is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. The panel includes URI emeritus professor of political science Maureen Moakley and Boston Globe reporter Dan McGowan.
Here s a transcript of the discussion.
Ian Donnis: Let s start with the big story of the week plans by Lifespan, Care New England and Brown University to collaborate on a new joint effort. There s debate about whether this would be good or bad for health care consumers. Gonzalo Cuervo, these health care organizations and Brown have a big footprint in Providence. How do you come down on whether you support or don t support this proposal?