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Riding the natural gas roller coaster
October 12, 2015Natural gas customers throughout New England got an early holiday present as National Grid and Eversource announced that while gas prices will seasonally increase this winter, they will be down compared with last year.
October 12, 2015
College collaboration leads to self-insurance savings
October 12, 2015One year ago, when Worcester Polytechnic Institute dove into the high-risk, high-reward world of self-insurance, it hoped the gamble would pay off enough to keep tuition in check.
October 12, 2015
Fallon Health acquisition expands self-insurance reach
October 9, 2015Fallon Health of Worcester has acquired a third-party administrator of self-insurance Group Insurance Service Center Inc. (GISC), expanding its reach into the market.
October 9, 2015
Heywood to open Gardner behavioral health facility
October 7, 2015Gardner-based Heywood HealthCare has finalized the purchase of a property Petersham where it will build a treatment center for patients in need of behavioral health services, the community health system announced.
October 7, 2015Drugs, waste, disparities targeted at health costs hearing
October 7, 2015State officials with roles overseeing and drafting rules for the Massachusetts healthcare market targeted Medicaid waste, disparities in contracts between insurers and providers, and the cost of pharmaceutical drugs at a hearing Tuesday on health
October 7, 2015Mass. receives $300K to study healthcare behavior
October 7, 2015The state's Health Policy Commission (HPC) has been awarded a $300,000 grant by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to continue its work researching consumer behavior and perceptions in health care, the agency announced Tuesday.
October 7, 2015
UMass team expands African disease focus, post-Ebola
October 7, 2015Doctors at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) were entrenched in the Liberian health system long before the historic Ebola Virus outbreak that came to a frightening head last year. The Worcester medical school had been working in
October 7, 2015College mental health receives $335,000 in Worcester
October 7, 2015Community Healthlink, a provider of behavioral health and addiction services in Central Massachusetts, has received a three-year, $335,000 grant to support area colleges and universities with detecting and responding to mental illness on campus.
October 7, 2015
UMass Medical School takes lead on $20M toward Ebola prevention
October 6, 2015A group of health care professionals led by the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester have been awarded a $20 million grant to expand their efforts toward preventing another Ebola outbreak in Liberia.
October 6, 2015Rules governing nurse practitioners too strict, experts testify
October 6, 2015As patients struggle to access medical care at a time and place that fits into their lives, Massachusetts laws laying out tasks that can be performed by nurse practitioners are among the country's most restrictive, health experts said Monday during
October 6, 2015
Milford Regional cuts the ribbon on new ER, ICU
October 1, 2015This morning, Milford Regional Medical Center officials and invited guests are gathering at the community hospital on Prospect Street to celebrate the end of a $54 million expansion project that adds space and technology in the emergency department
October 1, 2015
Provider Profile: Sandra Doyon, case manager
September 30, 2015Sterling resident Sandra Doyon knows well two sides of caring for patients in the hospital.
September 30, 2015
Column: Virtual health care, at your service
September 30, 2015If you have ever suffered with conjunctivitis, you know the symptoms are hard to miss. Itchy, red and crusty eyes are tell-tale symptoms of the common and infectious illness.
September 30, 2015
Column: Hope for autism treatment
September 30, 2015One of the most terrifying experiences as a parent is learning that your child has a serious disease. Imagine then finding out there is medical treatment that can significantly help, but your insurance won't cover it. This was the reality I faced
September 30, 2015
Community Health Centers
September 30, 2015With a high concentration of life sciences and medical device companies creating innovative products, and public health leaders on the forefront of health care policy, the Bay State often sets health care precedent.
September 30, 2015UMass Goes Big on Health Records Tech
September 30, 2015This summer, UMass Memorial Health Care made a big statement about its commitment to health care information technology when the Worcester-based health care system, the dominant provider in Central Massachusetts, revealed it would spend $700 milli
September 30, 2015
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