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Proposed bill would require insurers to cover community health worker services

Briscoe joined providers advocating for legislation sponsored by committee co-chair Rep. Marjorie Decker and Sen. Robyn Kennedy (H 359 / S 251) that would require public and private health insurers to cover the cost of services offered by community health workers.

Office building near UMass Chan campus sells for $2.3M to two addiction treatment executives

A two-story medical and professional office building on Worcester’s Belmont Street near the campus of UMass Chan Medical School has sold for $2.29 million.

UMass Memorial, Shields working on $12M upgrade to Worcester outpatient center

Crews were working Thursday morning to move a 13,000-pound, three-tesla GE 3T SIGNATM Hero MRI into the Shields MRI at UMass Memorial building at 214 Shrewsbury St.

Six of 10 Central Mass. hospitals were profitable in fiscal 2024

Athol Hospital has risen to the top as the most profitable in Central Massachusetts, according to data released Thursday.
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UMass Memorial breaks ground of satellite Nashoba Valley ER, expects to open in 2026

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

Gardner optics manufacturer to move HQ to Littleton, receives $1.3M tax credit

Medical and defense optics manufacturer Precision Optics is relocating its corporate headquarters from Gardner to a larger site at the King Street Common mixed-use development in Littleton.

🔒Preparing for disaster: With nonprofits teetering following federal cuts, the United Way has set aside $500K for the next crisis

Realizing federal cuts will impede nonprofits’ ability to respond in time of crisis, the United Way of Central Massachusetts launched the United Response Fund in August.

🔒Menopause at work: Despite costing the U.S. economy $26B a year, menopause remains hush-hush in the office

Workdays missed due to menopause symptoms added up to another $1.8-billion annual loss.
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Milford medical office park near hospital sells for $4.1M

The building is 76% occupied with 12 tenants, including Milford Regional Medical Center, Metrowest Oral Surgery, and Asthma & Allergy Physicians.

Ascentria Care Alliance to move Worcester HQ to downtown

The new 24,615-square-foot facility will be located at 18 Chestnut St. in a building owned by Commerce Associates of Worcester, part of a larger effort to establish the building as a nonprofit center.
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