Hospital Association of Rhode Island

12/11/2025

Butler Hospital’s Express Care clinic offers same-day mental health support — no appointment, no ER wait.

“This program was created to fill the gap between routine outpatient scheduling and the emergency department. Our goal is to provide rapid access to compassionate expert care for people who need timely support without the long wait times.”

Healthcare that meets people where they are helps move Rhode Island forward.

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Hospital leaders announced “Express Care” on Wednesday, emphasizing quick access to quality behavioral health services without long wait times.

12/10/2025

Yale New Haven Health is among 100 national hospitals and health systems recognized for excellence in spine and neuroscience care as listed by Becker's Hospital Review for 2025. This accolade recognizes hospitals and health systems “whose cutting-edge neuroscience and spine programs are transforming lives every day.”

Our neurologists and neurosurgeons collaborate to offer patients and their families the finest care for conditions including brain tumors, epilepsy, memory disorders, movement disorders, spinal disorders, stroke and aneurysms. In 2027, the Adams Neurosciences Center is scheduled to open at Yale New Haven Hospital and will serve as the foundation of our advanced and innovative neurological and neurosurgical care for patients from across the country.
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12/08/2025

🚨If federal policy changes move forward, more than 70,000 Rhode Islanders could be left without healthcare coverage.

For hospitals, that means a major surge in uncompensated care on top of the $84 million they already absorbed last year. 📈

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Rhode Island's hospital trade group predicts a healthcare shock if a tidal wave of uncompensated care costs hits its shores.

12/05/2025

Rhode Island is facing a looming coverage crisis, and hospitals are already feeling the impact.

➡️ 41,000 Rhode Islanders could lose ACA subsidies
➡️ 24,600 working-age adults could lose Medicaid
➡️ RI emergency department use is already 50% above the U.S. average

When coverage disappears, hospitals absorb the cost, and patients wait longer for care.

HARI's latest newsletter breaks down what’s at stake.
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12/03/2025

Every day, hospitals in Rhode Island face high-stakes decisions as patients travel out of state for care, essential services are at risk, and workforce and infrastructure pressures grow.

HARI's last newsletter explains what these challenges mean for access to safe, local care.

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Email from Hospital Association of RI Hospital Services: There When You Need Them (For Now) When a stroke patient can begin rehab within hours. When a child in crisis can sit with a counselor right aw

11/24/2025

Hospitals in Rhode Island are there when you need them — when a stroke patient begins rehab within hours, when a child in crisis sees a counselor right away, when a nurse stays on the job because the unit finally has the staff it needs.

But behind every one of these services is a hospital struggling to bear the growing gap between what care costs to deliver and what Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurers pay.

To keep these vital services local, we need continued partnership between hospitals and policymakers.

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11/18/2025

Hospitals are more than places of care — they’re the backbone of Rhode Island’s healthcare system.

They keep primary care offices open, sustain behavioral health services, train the healthcare workforce, and provide thousands of jobs that support our communities.

Right now, that backbone is under strain.

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Email from Hospital Association of RI Hospitals Are the Backbone of Healthcare – and They’re Under Strain Hospitals in Rhode Island are the backbone of our healthcare system. Every day, Rhode Islande

11/14/2025

Hospitals are where Rhode Islanders turn in moments of crisis and where care begins for so many others. Hospitals keep our healthcare system standing by supporting primary care, behavioral health, maternity care, and workforce training that reaches every corner of the state.

Sustaining hospital funding means protecting access, preserving jobs, and keeping care close to home.

Because when the backbone is strained, the whole system feels it.

Read our latest newsletter: https://conta.cc/43sNf7K

11/06/2025

Dr. Jill O’Brien, recently named chief medical officer and medical director of hospital medicine at Morton Hospital, recently spoke with Providence Business News about her work. https://f.mtr.cool/mvppexlbor

11/04/2025

ICYMI: Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University Health are advancing the frontiers of cancer care with the nation's first clinical trial using non-invasive focused ultrasound combined with immunotherapy to treat brain metastases.

Dr. Clark Chen spoke with Providence Business News on how this research could reshape treatment for patients with brain cancer.

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Rhode Island Hospital recently launched the nation’s first clinical trial looking into the use of non-invasive focused ultrasound in combination with immunotherapy to treat brain metastases, the hospital announced. This study will assess the safety and efficiency of focused ultrasound technology a...

10/31/2025

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Women & Infants is reimagining care through its new mobile health clinic. Staffed by nurse practitioners and community health workers, the mobile clinic delivers postpartum care, blood pressure monitoring, and other support directly to neighborhoods where the need is greatest. Improving outcomes while addressing the social determinants of health. Watch here:

"This is my dream," said nurse practitioner Danielle Simmons who provides the medical care.

10/31/2025

Westerly Hospital is proud to announce the recertification of its Heart and Vascular Center Cardiac Rehabilitation program by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, a recognition of the hospital’s commitment to improving the quality of life for patients who have had cardiac events such as heart attacks.

Through exercise, education, counseling and support for patients and their families, “this program has proven invaluable to our patients,” said Donna Villano, director of Cardiopulmonary Services for L+M and Westerly hospitals. “We know that in order to fully recover and live a healthier lifestyle following a cardiac event, patients must commit to lifestyle changes and this program supports their effort to make those changes.” http://ynh.care/Sa