Processing Your Payment
Please do not leave this page until complete. This can take a few moments.
Health Care
The Health Foundation grants $250K to support Nashoba Valley following hospital closure
June 12, 2025As the Nashoba Valley Region continues to grapple with the loss of a hospital, a local group received a three-year, $250,000 grant to bolster health equity in Ayer, the Healey administration announced Wednesday.
June 12, 2025
SALMON Health names former CVS corporate advisor as new CFO
June 11, 2025SALMON Health and Retirement has selected Alessandro Vianello as the Milford senior care provider’s new CFO.
June 11, 2025
Following investigations, CEO departs from Hospital for Behavioral Medicine
June 10, 2025After just over a year on the job, Evelyn Alsup, CEO of Hospital for Behavioral Medicine in Worcester, is no longer in the position.
June 10, 2025
Health insurers file for steep rate increases
June 6, 2025The Division of Insurance in the coming weeks will review 2026 merged market rates submitted by carriers, which average out to a 13.4% hike that's more than twice as large as the 4.8% growth regulators approved two years ago.
June 6, 2025
UMass Memorial to close teen detox center
June 5, 2025As a result of declining utilization, UMass Memorial Health in Worcester will close an in-facility acute detox and stabilization program for teens.
June 5, 2025-
CHIA: Nearly 1/3 of Greater Worcester ER visits were avoidable
June 5, 2025Greater Worcester ranks among the lowest regions in the state when it comes to avoidable emergency department visits and difficulty obtaining necessary health care.
June 5, 2025
Anonymous party rescinds offer to buy Akoya Biosciences
June 3, 2025Mere weeks after making an unsolicited bid to buy Marlborough-based biotech firm Akoya Biosciences, the anonymous party has withdrawn its offer .
June 3, 2025
Lifeward’s CFO to resign
June 3, 2025After nearly three years as CFO of Lifeward, Michael Lawless will retire from his role at the Marlborough-based mobility device manufacturer in late June.
June 3, 2025
Pharmaceutical lobbyist pressures Mass. lawmakers to pause bill attempting to cap drug prices
June 3, 2025Less than two weeks after the Senate moved to create a new prescription drug price cap system in Massachusetts, an industry official warned against legislative "leapfrog" that could complicate the most recent round of reforms.
June 3, 2025
UMass Memorial labor union signals possible strike amid contract negotiations
June 2, 2025The labor union for nearly 1,100 workers at UMass Memorial Medical Center has threatened to strike as the union is under contract negotiations with the Worcester hospital system on issues including compensation, staffing levels, and employee
June 2, 2025
Veterans nonprofit buys former Catholic rest home for $2.6M for veterans housing
June 2, 2025Leominster will soon be the site of a new veterans housing facility run by a Devens-based nonprofit.
June 2, 2025
Every 36 minutes: Amid rising rates of abuse, Central Mass. healthcare providers are pushing state legislation to make hospitals safer for workers
Updated: June 2, 2025Every 36 minutes a Massachusetts hospital worker faces either an act of violence or threat.
Updated: June 2, 2025
UMass Memorial shutters two clinics, pauses non-clinical hiring
May 30, 2025UMass Memorial Health has implemented a system-wide hiring pause on all non-clinical, non-patient-facing roles and shuttered two behavioral health clinics.
May 30, 2025
Up to 100K could lose Mass. Health Connector coverage under new U.S. House-approved bill
May 30, 2025Tens of thousands of Bay Staters could lose subsidized health insurance through the Massachusetts Health Connector and premiums could rise for most other members under a suite of reforms in the U.S. House-approved reconciliation bill that Gov. Maura
May 30, 2025
MHA: GOP's big beautiful bill puts MassHealth funding at risk
May 28, 2025While the impacts of the U.S. House GOP's tax and funding cuts legislation come into focus, the group that represents the state's hospitals said this week it is closely monitoring provider tax policy for potential changes that could make it even
May 28, 2025
Take WBJ's 2025 Midyear Economic Forecast survey
May 27, 2025The first five months of 2025 have been a wild ride for the economy. How has your outlook changed for the rest of the year?
May 27, 2025
WBJ Web partners
Most Recent
