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The troubles, though, date back to 2019, even before the COVID pandemic, when the Association of American Medical Colleges reported hospitals in the country were understaffed by as many as 20,000 doctors.

Worcester healthcare providers UMass Memorial Health and Reliant Medical Group, along with insurer Fallon Health, have been selected to four of the 17 MassHealth accountable care organizations.

The Massachusetts Nurses Association union has ratified new contracts for 2,770 of its nurses at Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health's facilities in the past four months.

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency will reimburse Worcester healthcare provider UMass Memorial Health $3.6 million for operating a COVID field hospital at the DCU Center twice during the first year of the pandemic.

The Petersham location of Gardner-based Heywood Healthcare’s addiction treatment facility The Quabbin Retreat has sold to development company, Waterstone Properties Group, Inc. of Needham for $3.3 million, according to the Worcester District Registry of Deeds.

Ascentria Care Alliance, a Worcester-based human service nonprofit, has named four new members to its board of directors.

Patricia Pistone, the senior director of external affairs, marketing, and development at UMass Memorial Health - HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital has joined the board of trustees at Mount Wachusett Community College.

Hospital profits have fallen significantly across the state, including hospital systems based in Central Massachusetts, according to the latest report by the Center for Health Information and Analysis. 

Vaping has been out of the headlines for a while, as the nation’s attention turned to a more urgent respiratory issue known as COVID-19.