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The volume in Central Massachusetts ERs is still expected to grow, exacerbated by a primary care shortage and incoming $1 trillion in cuts nationally to Medicaid.

In a city with high-profile industries like higher education and health care, the biggest businesses tend to be tax-exempt.

A month after seven Worcester representatives signed a letter urging UMass Chan Medical School to increase physician wages, the Worcester university has reached a tentative contract agreement with the physician union representing 700 UMass providers.

Central Massachusetts’ largest hospital, UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, has named its new chief of cardiac surgery, selecting a physician from England to fill the role.

Throughout Central Mass., healthcare organizations, nonprofit leaders, and practitioners are working to combat a startling and unsettling rise in medical misinformation and disinformation.

Athol Hospital has risen to the top as the most profitable in Central Massachusetts, according to data released Thursday.

Worcester-based healthcare system has begun construction on the Groton facility.

The 20-member committee will be led by UMass Chan Trustee David Brunelle, co-founder and managing director of Worcester-based North Pointe Wealth Management. 

Once again, UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester has been ranked one of the top five hospitals in Massachusetts by the U.S. News & World Report.

Dr. Charles Cavagnaro has dropped his interim tag and assumed his presidential roles at two UMass Memorial Health hospitals.