News For: cbizesc ProvidenceEast Providence workers' new contract hikes health-care contributions EAST PROVIDENCE ��� The city���s clerks, janitors and other members of the local steel workers union entered into a multi-year contract recently that doesn���t raise their salaries this coming year, but increases their health insurance contributions. Foes of Providence hospital growth file suit Opponents want to overturn city approval of a rezone for future expansion at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. Delcath Adds Providence Cancer Center to Phase III Trial Delcath Systems, Inc. announced today that the Robert W. Franz Cancer Research Center, a part of the Providence Cancer Center, located in Portland, Oregon, has joined Delcath's Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of inoperable metastatic melanoma in the liver using the Company's Percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion PHP System. This pivotal multi-center study for the isolated, high dose ... Closing arguments postponed in trial of two former Roger Williams Medical Center executives PROVIDENCE ��� The closing arguments in the corruption trial of Robert A. Urciuoli and Frances P. Driscoll, two former executives at Roger Williams Medical Center, have been delayed until Monday or later, a judge announced yesterday. Premera may drop Providence from its network discount Yet another dispute over how much Premera Blue Cross should pay doctors and hospitals burst into public view this week, this time with Providence Health & Services, which runs eight Washington hospitals. Defendant in hospital corruption trial injured in fall PROVIDENCE ������ Frances P. Driscoll, one of the defendants in the Roger Williams Medical Center corruption trial, took a bad fall on the courthouse steps after court yesterday and was rushed to the hospital. In brief: Health updates (9/23/08) Evening of Hope, 7-9 p.m. Friday, Providence Cancer Center, 3851 Piper St. The event highlights breast cancer awareness and features refreshments, a guest speaker, music, door prizes and a silent auction to benefit the local American Cancer Society. $10. 440-6376, 694-3254, 227-2112, 440-0685 Part 4: Cancer Research Funding Research funding is so important because that money is key to finding a cancer cure. The federal government's National Cancer Institute is the nation's number one cancer research funding provider. But, often times, the bureaucratic process stands in the way. Providence Health to drop lawsuit against Empire Providence Health Care will drop its lawsuit against Empire Health Services involving some shared operations amid worries that the litigation could stop the sale of Deaconess Medical Center to a for-profit company. Fire Log Frisco fire log from Sept. 15 to 21, compiled by Ann Marie Shambaugh from information provided by the Frisco Fire Department. 1:39 a.m. Medical emergency reported at Atlanta Drive. |


