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Health Care

  • Fallon, Reliant Ready For Split On Senior Coverage

    Emily Micucci May 13, 2013

    Fallon Community Health Plan and Reliant Medical Group — once part of the same organization — will part ways in 2014 on a key insurance plan that covers about 18,000 senior patients, which could equal a loss in customers for Fallon.

    Emily Micucci May 13, 2013
  • Buyer For Marist Site Would Bring Jobs, Revenue

    Emily Micucci May 8, 2013

    The former Marist Retreat Center, the Framingham seminary made vacant after the Marist Fathers of Boston moved out in 2011, has found an interested buyer.

    Emily Micucci May 8, 2013
  • Lawmakers Told Home Health Care Rules Needed

    Andy Metzger State House News Service May 1, 2013

    Home health agencies are inadequately regulated by the federal government and unregulated by the state, creating risks for patients, according to a health care lobbyist.

    Andy Metzger State House News Service May 1, 2013
  • Reflectance Medical Finds Major Commercial Partner

    April 30, 2013

    Since 2009, Reflectance Medical in Westborough has been working with a lean team and millions in federal and military grants to develop a next-generation medical sensor.

    April 30, 2013
  • Tufts Vet Hospital Wins Trauma Center Designation

    Emily Micucci April 29, 2013

    The Foster Hospital for Small Animals at Tufts University in Grafton has been designated as one of nine provisional veterinary trauma centers approved nationwide by The American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC).

    Emily Micucci April 29, 2013
  • Reliant Medical Opens New Holden Facility

    Emily Micucci April 22, 2013

    Reliant Medical Group opened a new medical facility in Holden Monday, located on the campus of the former Holden Hospital on Boyden Road.

    Emily Micucci April 22, 2013
  • MHA: Hospitals Improved Outcome Of Marathon Attack

    Emily Micucci April 22, 2013

    Key systems employed by Bay State hospitals helped reduce casualties resulting from the Boston Marathon bombings last week, the Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) said today.

    Emily Micucci April 22, 2013
  • Watchword For Booming Home Health Market? Quality

    Emily Micucci April 15, 2013

    People looking for a winning business venture are frequently choosing home health care agencies, and it's no wonder.

    Emily Micucci April 15, 2013
  • 5 Organizations Win Medical Society Grants

    April 12, 2013

    Five health care organizations have received grants totaling $65,000 from the Massachusetts Medical Society's Alliance Charitable Foundation for health care and medical services they deliver.

    April 12, 2013
  • UMass Memorial Nurses Authorize Strike

    Rick Saia April 12, 2013

    Registered nurses who work at the three Worcester campuses of UMass Memorial Medical Center have overwhelmingly authorized a one-day strike to protest what they say are deteriorating patient conditions.

    Rick Saia April 12, 2013
  • Making Electronic Health Tools Work

    Livia Gershon April 7, 2013

    When Dr. William Muller works with patients at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge today, he can do things that would have been impossible not long ago.

    Livia Gershon April 7, 2013
  • Emily Micucci April 7, 2013
  • Stakeholders Weigh In On Tougher Pharmacy Regulations

    Emily Micucci April 3, 2013

    Stakeholders voiced support and suggested changes before state lawmakers this week for proposed regulations meant to tighten oversight of Massachusetts compounding pharmacies.

    Emily Micucci April 3, 2013
  • MHA Official Decries Cost-Shifting

    Emily Micucci April 1, 2013

    Dan McHale, senior director of state government finance and policy at the Massachusetts Hospitals Association (MHA), voiced opposition last week to a measure to shift the cost of funding the state Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA)

    Emily Micucci April 1, 2013
  • HealthAlliance Tops Consumer Reports' Hospital Safety Ranking

    March 25, 2013

    HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster, which is a member of Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health Care, scored the highest safety rating in the state in Consumer Reports' ranking released this month.

    March 25, 2013
  • MHA Seeks Hospital Penalty Reform

    Emily Micucci March 25, 2013

    The Massachusetts Hospitals Association (MHA) has asked the Massachusetts Legislature to direct MassHealth to use what it called a “more equitable system” for issuing penalties against hospitals for patient readmission rates.

    Emily Micucci March 25, 2013

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Massachusetts whistleblower laws predominantly safeguard public employees from retaliation when they report violations, abuse, or risks to public health and safety. However, private employees have far more restrictions in regards to their state-provided whistleblower protections, but there are still ways they file retaliation complaints, including federally through the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Act.

In January, the state agency Cannabis Control Commission suspended a whistleblower featured in a WBJ investigation. Without providing reasoning, the CCC put Business Operations Manager Meghan Dube on paid administrative leave. Dube subsequently resigned from her role.

In May, Carla LeBlanc, a nurse at Saint Vincent Hospital was fired for her appearance on a local podcast in which she spoke out about long-documented concerns regarding working conditions and interpersonal dynamics at the Worcester facility. She then filed a lawsuit against the hospital and its operator under the Massachusetts Healthcare Whistleblower Protection Act, which offers protections to private healthcare workers.