Health Care

Former Whitinsville healthcare providers fined $779K for false MassHealth claims

The company Flexible Fundamentals and its co-owners Jennifer McGee and Errion McGrath, were named in the settlement.

Opioid deaths fall below 1,000 for first year in 13 years

DPH says the declining trend mirrors data unfolding nationally.

🔒Spectrum Health Systems opening $13.4M Lowell treatment center

The nonprofit focused on Lowell because the city has one of the highest rates of opioid-related emergency room visits in the state.

HHS undersecretary: $600M hole in fund for uninsured

Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll also called the federal cuts "dumb," saying, "If the federal government turns its back on providing for the most vulnerable, it only drives up the cost of care for everyone."
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Heywood names UMass Memorial’s Babu as next chief medical officer

Heywood Healthcare has named a new chief medical officer and vice president of medical affairs.

UMass Chan granted $1.6M to study safer gene therapy delivery methods

A researcher at UMass Chan Medical School has received a $1.6-million federal grant to study ways to make gene therapy treatments safer.

Pulmatrix pauses R&D as merger becomes critical

Framingham biopharmaceutical firm Pulmatrix is betting heavily on its planned merger with Houston-based Eos SENOLYTIX, as the...

🔒Community Healthlink layoffs rise, as transition negotiations progress

Those layoffs will take place in Worcester, Webster, and Leominster between June 30 and July 6.
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Human service providers seek more funding for rental aid

As fiscal year 2027 budget deliberations unfold, an additional several million dollars could be headed toward the Department of Mental Health's Rental Subsidy Program, which covers the majority of monthly housing costs for clients with limited incomes.

Nursing survey calls attention to care quality, safety, AI concerns

About 60% of respondents identified understaffing as the biggest obstacle to providing quality care. The
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