Fallon Health

The trade group Massachusetts Association of Health Plans re-elected Fallon Health President and CEO Richard Burke as the association's chair, effective Jan. 1, the association announced on Tuesday.

The healthcare system is in a moment of transition, according to panelists and speakers at WBJ’s annual Health Care Forum.

Eight women from around Central Massachusetts have earned the honor this year.

In the wake of the coronavirus lockdowns and the changing news of the Delta variant, businesses are facing unprecedented obstacles as they try to bring their employees back to the office and retain a sense of normalcy. Work from home, remote, and hybrid options are just a few of the new models quickly revolutionizing workforces.

Fallon Health, the healthcare insurer based in Worcester, announced on Wednesday a partnership with mental health provider Eleanor Health.

The president and CEO of Worcester insurer Fallon Health, Richard Burke, will serve as the new board chair of the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans for the remainder of 2021, the industry association announced on Thursday.

As Worcester insurer Fallon Health is following through on its plan to leave the commercial insurance market, the nonprofit organization had $18.7 million in net income for the first quarter, far outpacing the $2.3 million it made in the first quarter 2020.

Worcester insurer Fallon Health is seeking applicants for a $100,000 grant program aimed at helping community programs provide access to healthy food or for seniors to overcome social isolation.

Fallon Health will no longer provide commercial health insurance coverage, the Worcester company said Wednesday, instead focusing on government programs including Medicare and Medicaid.

Fallon Health received 300 doses of Moderna's vaccine and by Friday it expects each of the 1,200 or so participants in its Summit ElderCare program will have received at least the first of the required two doses, either from Fallon's efforts or at other vaccination sites.