Lifespan, Care New England will resume merger talks

The heads of Lifespan and Care New England -- Rhode Island's two largest hospital networks -- say they will resume merger talks. Negotiations between the two health care providers at the behest of Gov. Gina Raimondo collapsed last year. NBC 10's Gene Valicenti reported that regular appearances by the networks' two CEOs -- Dr. Timothy Babineau of Lifespan and Dr. James Fanale of CNE -- on his WPRO radio show apparently thawed a previously frosty relationship.