Posts Tagged ‘Richard Asinof’
Creating the on-ramp for better jobs and lives at the Genesis Center – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI – contributing writer Genesis Center provides job training and wraparound services, including daycare and language learning, to help community residents find a pathway toward success Photo: Shannon Carroll, executive director of the Genesis Center There has been a rash of good publicity with the opening of the new Genesis Center restaurant,…
Read MoreQ & A with Patrick Tigue, RI’s Health Insurance Commissioner – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo: OHIC Commissioner Patrick Tigue Part One (Part Two follows…) The day before ConvergenceRI was scheduled to sit down for a lengthy, one-on-one interview with Patrick Tigue, the R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner, OHIC published a remarkable 25-page working paper on the proposed merger of Care New England and Lifespan…
Read MoreFinding common ground in affordable housing – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo: Larry Warner, Twitter feed Ways of seeing — and not seeing – The ceremony celebrated the completion of two affordable housing projects in Olneyville proved to be an eye-opening experience As someone who has become increasingly disabled, struggling to walk, dependent on the use of trekking poles to…
Read MoreProvidence Resiliency Partnership – infrastructure and climate change – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI Photo: Photograph by Mike Cohea, The Independent Man atop the Rhode Island State House framed by a reddened sun, tinted by the smoke from forest fires in the American West. This summer, the ominous signs of climate change threats have become harder to ignore or deny. Every day, it seems, brings…
Read MoreNeglect in Rhode Island’s behavioral health facilities – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI Photo: Karen Rathbun, vice president of administrative services at Community Care Alliance in Woonsocket, points to a hole in the wall with insulation pouring out, caused by water damage from a leak in the roof identified in 2017 but never repaired by the state, leading to unhealthy conditions, including black mold,…
Read MoreProvidence schools: Everything is broken – 2 years ago – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo: Angelica Infante-Green, right, commissioner of Rhode Island schools, opens a listening session at Hope High School with an extended monologue, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza, left, spoke first. Editor’s Note: In July of 2019, before the pandemic, and after the scathing report on Providence schools, and with a new…
Read MoreRI’s Anya Rader Wallack goes to Vermont, with astute insights on healthcare – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo: Brown University, Public Health Anya Rader Wallack is returning to Vermont after a six-year stint in Rhode Island; she offers her astute insights on the state of the health care industry Rhode Island is losing one of its more valuable players in the public health arena, with the…
Read MoreGovernor McKee encounters “speed bumps” in governing – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI.com, contributing writer Under the presence of the portrait of George Washington, Gov. Dan McKee accused officials from the Raimondo administration of giving him “a fairy tale” when it came to the proposed budget for Eleanor Slater Hospital at the June 8 news conference held at the State House. One distinct advantage…
Read MoreExposing the pitfalls in private equity financing of hospitals – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo: R.I. Attorney General Peter Neronha, surrounded by his legal team, announcing the decision to approve the transfer of ownership of Prospect Medical Holdings for two Rhode Island hospitals, conditioned on the creation of an $82 million escrow account. R. I. Attorney General Neronha issues unprecedented decision in approving…
Read MoreLandmark Medical Center’s turnaround a predictor – or not – of BHDDH turnaround – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo: from Woonsocket 1st responders Thank You to hospital during pandemic When journalists serve as historians, keepers of the public record How much credit should Richard Charest, Gov. McKee’s nominee to head R.I. BHDDH, get for Landmark’s turnaround? As news releases go, the announcement last week that Gov. Dan…
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