UMass Memorial Medical Center

The American Cancer Society has distributed nearly $800,000 in research funds to a Worcester medical school researcher that focuses on lung cancer.

Susan Papalia is a researcher with decades of experience. Today, she's a cardiovascular research nurse manager at UMass Medical School. She's also a committed volunteer who supports multiple organizations for both humans and animals in Massachusetts and around New England.

Lung cancer has long been a particularly terrifying diagnosis. Out of every 100 people who were found to have the disease between 2005 and 2011, only 17 percent were alive five years later.

Massachusetts has a problem with unplanned patient readmissions as 78 percent of hospitals face federal penalties for having higher-than-expected readmissions in the most recent federal fiscal year.

Fitch Ratings has issued an 'A-' rating to UMass Memorial Health Care as the Central Massachusetts healthcare system seeks to raise $177 million to pay for facility upgrades and refinance existing debt.

UMass Memorial Health Care posted continued revenue growth through fiscal 2015 while reporting more patients served throughout a system that is moving more towards outpatient care.

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Even though they may benefit financially, Central Massachusetts hospitals have joined together with their brethren from around the Bay State to oppose efforts to limit the pricing disparity between healthcare providers.