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MassHealth chief departing in early January
December 14, 2022MassHealth chief Amanda Cassel Kraft will depart her role in the new year, just days before Gov.-elect Maura Healey takes over the executive branch, the Baker administration announced Tuesday.
December 14, 2022
UMass Chan moves forward with plans for regional Burlington campus
December 14, 2022UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester and Lahey Hospital and Medical Center of Burlington are moving forward with plans to establish a regional campus at Lahey Hospital.
December 14, 2022
Saint Vincent Hospital faces a potential Teamsters strike
December 14, 2022Workers at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester are preparing to strike.
December 14, 2022
Mass. due $230M In opioid settlement with CVS, Walgreens
December 13, 2022Massachusetts stands to receive $230 million under agreements reached with CVS and Walgreens resolving allegations that the companies contributed to the opioid crisis by failing to properly oversee the dispensing of opioids at their stores.
December 13, 2022
Saint Vincent Hospital to pay $1.8M for alleged violations of the False Claims Act
December 12, 2022Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester will pay $1.784 million to resolve allegations it inflated charges to patients in 2018 and 2019 in order to receive outlier payments from Medicare.
December 12, 2022
Take WBJ's 2023 Economic Forecast survey
December 9, 2022WBJ is conducting its annual Economic Forecast survey, gauging readers' opinions about what 2023 will bring. Those who fill out the survey by Dec. 19 will be eligible to win one of three $50 gift cards.
December 9, 2022
Report lays out recommended health care priorities for Healey administration
December 8, 2022To address the current slate of health care challenges, state officials in the new year should create a Cabinet-level equity secretary, limit allowable growth in out-of-pocket consumer insurance costs, and develop a 10-year health care workforce
December 8, 2022
UMass Chan finds dramatic uptick in adolescent eating disorder care during pandemic
December 7, 2022Young people with eating disorders seeking and receiving inpatient and outpatient care increased dramatically over the course of the pandemic, according to a study by Dr. Sydney Hartman-Munick.
December 7, 2022
Katie Couric to deliver UMass Chan commencement
December 7, 2022Journalist and cancer research fundraiser Katie Couric will deliver the 50th commencement address at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester next year.
December 7, 2022
GE board approves spinoff of GE Healthcare Technologies
December 1, 2022The medical technology division of General Electric known as GE Healthcare, which has a facility in Marlborough, will be spun off into its own separate company on Jan. 4.
December 1, 2022
UMass Memorial receives $5M more from FEMA, totaling $31M for COVID costs
December 1, 2022The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded $4.7 million to Worceste healthcare provider UMass Memorial Health for costs of testing, new equipment, and new staff due to COVID-19.
December 1, 2022
Insurer: Mental health visits have doubled over last three years
December 1, 2022Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts offered new statistics Wednesday that punctuate the national trend of more people seeking treatment for depression and anxiety disorders.
December 1, 2022
UMass Chan doctor honored for work with vulnerable populations
November 30, 2022Dr. James Ledwith, Family physician and a professor at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, has received the Worcester District Medical Society’s Dr. A. Jane Fitzpatrick Community Service award.
November 30, 2022
Officials reflect on opioid crisis progress, setbacks
November 30, 2022While boasting of "nation-leading policy and reforms" in Massachusetts related to the opioid epidemic, incoming and outgoing state executives agreed Tuesday that there is more work to be done.
November 30, 2022
UMass Chan creates academy to help address nurse shortage
November 29, 2022The Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester will lead the newly-created New England Nursing Clinical Faculty and Preceptor Academy in its mission to increase nursing educators and train more nurses for the
November 29, 2022
Boston Scientific to acquire Texas surgical device company for $615M
November 29, 2022Marlborough medical-device giant Texas-based Apollo Endosurgery Inc.
November 29, 2022
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