Initially compiled in 1998 by Journal-Bulletin medical writer Felice J. Freyer, this list was updated in January 2000.
Information is listed alphabetically, by category.
1109 Blue Bell, Penn. Although a large organization nationwide, Aetna U.S. Healthcare is a relatively small player in the Rhode Island market at this time. Its Providence sales office opened in January 1998. This HMO was formed by a coalition of community health centers specifically to serve Medicaid recipients and others who are enrolled in the state's RIte Care health plan for the poor and uninsured. Today, it is part of a Minnesota-based corporation.