Saint Vincent Hospital

The Westborough-based New England Recovery Center said Monday it now accepts all major insurance plans for substance abuse disorder.

The parent company of Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester and MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham has reached an agreement with a Philadelphia-based insurer.

Milford Regional Medical Center, Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick and Heywood Hospital in Gardner have been rated the safest hospitals in Central Massachusetts.

Question 1 was put on the ballot to establish the same benefits here that are in California's healthcare system.

A committee opposed to potential new mandated nurse-to-patient staffing ratios has stepped up fundraising and spending in the last weeks before the Nov. 6 election.

Labor-versus-management fights usually take place in a meeting room, or maybe on the picket lines. This one will take place at the polls.

On Nov. 6, Massachusetts voters will be tasked with deciding three ballot questions, but the one with the most reverberating impact on the Central Massachusetts economy is – by far – Question 1.

MetroWest Medical Center has a new CEO in Andrew Harding, who began his first day on the job Monday.

The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce has hired two new staff members. ALEX GUARDIOLA has been hired...

Ava Collins, is serving as interim CEO at Saint Vincent Hospital until a permanent replacement is named and focusing on keeping the healthcare organization running as a well-oiled machine.