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Mica Kanner-Mascolo

Mica Kanner-Mascolo covers health care and diversity, equity, and inclusion for the Worcester Business Journal. Her freelance writing has been featured in publications including FEMINIST, Byrdie, and Spare Change News. Mica is a graduate of The New School where she studied creative writing. An East Coast native, Mica currently resides in Central Massachusetts.

Covers: Health care and diversity, equity, and inclusion

🔒Many generations, one workforce: Communications issues, clashes over values, and how to navigate the most age-diverse workforce ever

This unprecedented intergenerational workforce comes with a wealth of different workforce norms and expectations that arguably make it the most ideologically and culturally heterogenous workforce to date.

Worcester healthcare provider pleads guilty to $1.6M MassHealth fraud scheme

For now, the administrator of a Worcester-based group adult foster care company has avoided a one year jail sentence after pleading guilty to charges related to a $1.6-million MassHealth defrauding scheme.

Greater Worcester unemployment rose in July

While Greater Worcester’s unemployment fluctuates month over month, the region’s rate ticked slightly upward in July.

Mass. unemployment remained unchanged once again in July

For the third consecutive month, Massachusetts’ unemployment rate held steady in July while remaining higher than the nation as a whole.
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Webster Five selects new finance chief after CFO’s rise to CEO

Shortly after Webster Five promoted its CFO Brian Westerlind to president and CEO, the Auburn-based bank has named his successor.

Lifeward chief accounting officer to become CFO

Lifeward had a second executive join its C-suite transition in two months as the Marlborough-based medical device has selected its new CFO.

Worcester County CEOs elected to board of statewide advocacy organization

Both will serve two-year terms for the advocacy group supporting mental health and addiction services throughout the commonwealth. 

Regulators reopen investigation into Saint Vincent Hospital, amid union complaints & whistleblower lawsuit

DPH and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched a joint, unannounced investigation into Saint Vincent in January.
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Castiel to retire as Worcester health commissioner, to resume community work helping at-risk residents

After 10 years serving as City of Worcester’s Health & Human Services Commissioner, Dr. Matilde Castiel is calling it a career, sort of.

Marlborough Hospital to double emergency department size amid $46M expansion

The hospital hopes to see its first patient at its expanded emergency department by November 2026.
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