Officials say Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital are operating, but the state’s health care system does not have the capacity to absorb their patients if they were forced to close.
Prospect Medical Holdings has filed for bankruptcy and plans to restructure, maintaining patient services during the process.
Gov. Dan McKee will deliver his fourth State of the State address at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in the Rhode Island State House. The State of the State is an annual address delivered before the General Assembly and other high-profile luminaries, and aired on Capitol TV. It's typically the governor's highest-profile speech of the year.
In a series of coordinated efforts, the ACI Investigations Unit and associated task forces executed multiple arrests on January 16. Beth Kores, 59, of Richmond, Rhode Island, was apprehended for her second offense of violating a no-contact order.
In a statement, the company said specifically it was looking to expedite the sales of Roger Williams and Our Lady of Fatima medical centers.
The company has two hospitals in Rhode Island caring for thousands of the state’s most vulnerable patients. Here are answers to questions from patients and observers about how to navigate the bankruptcy.
In an initial filing seeking Chapter 11 protections, Prospect Medical Holdings, which owns facilities in California, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, listed debts of more than $400 million. In a press release announcing its restructuring, the company said it would continue to operate as normal.
The lawsuit accused Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. of mismanaging and neglecting the Crozer Health System, resulting in closures of facilities and a shattered network of care for hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians.
The Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation and 47 other state agencies are set to receive their part of an $80 million fine agreed to by Block, Inc., operator of Cash App.
Rhode Island plays the Davidson Wildcats after Sebastian Thomas scored 20 points in Rhode Island's 81-77 loss to the Loyola Chicago Ramblers.
BOTTOM LINE: Harsimran Kaur and Rhode Island take on Megan McConnell and Duquesne on Sunday. The Dukes are 8-3 in home games. Duquesne scores 76.8 points while outscoring opponents by 9.7 points per game. The Rams are 3-2 in A-10 play. Rhode Island has a 0-2 record in one-possession games.
An arctic blast is set to bring subzero wind chill temperatures in Rhode Island. Meteorologists tell us how to prepare.