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Worcester rest home administrator indicted for allegedly stealing from facility and patients
June 25, 2024An administrator at Donna Kay Rest Home in Worcester has been indicted on charges related to an alleged scheme to embezzle more than $220,000 from the rest home and its senior residents.
June 25, 2024-
Worcester rest home administrator indicted for allegedly stealing from facility and patients
June 25, 2024An administrator at Donna Kay Rest Home in Worcester has been indicted on charges related to an alleged scheme to embezzle more than $220,000 from the rest home and its senior residents.
June 25, 2024 
Keeping nurses in the field: Amid rising burnout, UMass Memorial’s first-year registered nurse program works to keep high retention rates
Updated: June 24, 2024To help prepare new nurses for the reality of the profession and combat the growing problem of burnout, UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester offers its New Graduate Nurse Residency Program, which over the course of 12 months seeks to center
Updated: June 24, 2024
Q&A: Worcester medical spa works to preserve natural beauty
Updated: June 24, 2024Kasia Dodman’s life has been a series of unexpected twists and turns. An immigrant from Poland, Dodman had no family in the U.S., no money, and could not speak a word of English when she first moved to Worcester.
Updated: June 24, 2024
Worcester human services nonprofit picks Dedham VP as next chief program officer
June 21, 2024Worcester-based behavioral health and human services provider Open Sky Community Services has hired Emmanuel “Manny” Oppong as the nonprofit’s new executive vice president and chief program officer.
June 21, 2024
UMass Memorial buys former Alexion R&D facility in Holden for $4.3M
June 21, 2024The property, located at 100 Industrial Drive, was purchased in a deal finalized on Thursday.
June 21, 2024
Boston Scientific to acquire stroke prevention device firm for $1B
June 19, 2024Marlborough medical device manufacturing firm Boston Scientific looks to soon add stroke prevention treatment to its portfolio, as the manufacturer has entered into a $1.16 billion agreement to purchase California-based medical device company Silk
June 19, 2024
QCC receives $171K in state funding to boost healthcare training programs
June 19, 2024Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester will now be able to upgrade to industry-standard lab equipment for its nursing assistant (CNA) certificate program and surgical technology associate degree program, as the institution has received $171,016
June 19, 2024
Previous patient of Gardner mental health services nonprofit named new CEO
June 18, 2024GAAMHA, a Gardner-based mental health services nonprofit, has promoted long-time employee and previous patient, Shawn Hayden, to president and CEO.
June 18, 2024
Worcester dentist indicted for alleged $2M MassHealth fraud scheme
June 18, 2024Worcester-based Pleasant Street Dental and its owner were indicted in June for their involvement in an alleged MassHealth scheme to defraud the state Medicaid insurance program for more than $2 million.
June 18, 2024
Framingham human service provider to merge with two other agencies to form $211M firm
June 17, 2024The move will see Advocates merge with the Franklin-based Horace Mann Educational Associates, Inc. and Lawrence-based Family Continuity.
June 17, 2024
Worcester County opioid deaths drop 16%, as state has largest decline in 13 years
June 12, 2024While Massachusetts continues to struggle with the effects of the opioid epidemic, newly released data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health shows Worcester County experienced a 16% decrease in opioid-related overdose deaths between
June 12, 2024
Framingham biopharma company raises $100M for Alzheimer’s treatment
June 12, 2024The oral tablet, known as ALZ-801 or Valiltramiprosate, intends to block the formation of neurotoxic molecules in the brain believed to be drivers of the disease.
June 12, 2024
UMass Chan receives $2.2M for research into rare genetic disorder Cockayne syndrome
June 11, 2024A New York nonprofit has donated $2.2 million to UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester to help fund gene therapy research on a rare and fatal genetic disorder largely impacting children and young adults.
June 11, 2024
Mass. officials take aim at anti-abortion centers with new public awareness campaign
June 11, 2024State officials unveiled a new public awareness campaign Monday to crack down on crisis pregnancy centers that officials say purport to offer legitimate reproductive health care but ultimately provide misleading information that can deter patients
June 11, 2024
Healthcare firm with three Central Mass. nursing homes to pay $4M over claims of substandard care
June 10, 2024A nursing home operator with facilities in Worcester, Fitchburg, and Westborough has agreed to pay a $4-million settlement over claims of substandard patient care and understaffing, according to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office.
June 10, 2024
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