UMass Memorial Health

Hospital administrators — and the public — now have a more complete picture on Massachusetts hospital readmissions, after the state Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) last week released the first report showing readmissions rates for all insurance payers.

Alternative medicine, such as yoga and acupuncture, is catching on, with many consumers using some form of those types of therapies with traditional treatments.

Interviewing prospective employees is as much an art as it is a science, and a process that only the most specialized professionals carry out on a regular basis. We asked three human resource professionals to share their three “go to” questions that they use when they interview candidates, which they use to help determine if a candidate is a good fit.

After several years of a relationship that many would describe as adversarial, UMass Memorial Health Care and a key union turned a critical corner last week when they reached a one-year contract agreement for the thousands of nurses who work at the system's UMass Memorial Medical Center campuses in Worcester.

More than 2,200 unionized nurses at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester have voted to ratify one-year contracts after negotiations that the union called “relatively smooth.”

Two weeks ago, Steward Health Care, the state's second-largest health care system, made headlines when Chief Strategy Officer David Morales called for a new approach to managing the state's Medicaid patients under the state insurance provider MassHealth.

Two months after hinting that it would collaborate with Carewell Urgent Care in the Worcester area, UMass Memorial Health Care has formally announced its affiliation with the Quincy-based urgent care operator.

Moody's Investors Service has upgraded its debt outlook for UMass Memorial Health Care from negative to positive, citing an upturn in the Worcester-based organization's finances.

Hospitals have been feeling the heat from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services since 2012, when the federal insurer — the largest single payer in the country — began penalizing hospitals with excessive readmission rates for Medicare patients.

UMass Memorial Medical Center is seeking a minority stake in Quest Diagnostics Massachusetts LLC, according to documents filed by both organizations with the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission.