Saint Vincent Hospital

The Leapfrog Group, a Washington D.C. based healthcare watchdog nonprofit, has released its biannual Hospital Safety Grade scores, giving one Central Massachusetts hospital an A rating while another received the second-lowest D rating.

Tenet Healthcare announced the appointment of Connie Malave Branyan as the new market chief strategy officer for its Massachusetts market, which encompasses Saint Vincent Hospital and MetroWest Medical Center.

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester has added a new program to close the gaps in communication that can lead to negative outcomes for those giving birth and their babies.

Tenet Healthcare has named Christian Bartholomew as the new chief human resources officer for the Massachusetts market and Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester. Bartholomew will assume the role on Monday.

MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham and Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester have appointed a new shared chief medical officer.

Assumption University and Saint Vincent Hospital are partnering for a program to give 15 students hands-on clinical experience and provide the hospital with a pipeline of prospective nurses.

As part of its five-year effort to mandate patient-to-nurse ratios at hospitals, the Massachusetts Nurses Association labor union has teamed with members of the state legislature – including the representative from Leominster – to introduce new legislation, which they say is in response to a long-term healthcare access crisis in the state.

Saint Vincent Hospital and the Teamsters Union Local 170 reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, potentially averting a strike planned for Dec. 26.

Workers at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester are preparing to strike.

Saint 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.