PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha announced a merger between Brown Physicians, Inc. and Brown Health Medical Group.

The merger is expected to be finalized and effective by Wednesday.

As a result, 500 physicians will join Brown Health Medical Group’s providers.

Neronha says this will increase access to primary care for 40,000 new patients over the next three years.

Brown Physicians, Inc. is a multi-specialty practice group affiliated with the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

Their departments include emergency medicine, surgery, urology and dermatology.

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