Health Care

Massachusetts had the highest overall performing health system in the country in 2023, excelling in metrics including childhood vaccines and infant mortality, but for older adults, the state’s healthcare industry lagged behind. 

Three Central Massachusetts companies have been named among the best public companies to work for by the U.S. News & World Report.

The Senate plans to vote next week on legislation updating a 2022 law that shields reproductive and transgender care providers from out-of-state legal action, Senate President Karen Spilka said Wednesday.

Health insurer Point32Health has named Patrick Gilligan as the Canton-based nonprofit’s new CEO, effective this past Monday.

Workers at UMass Memorial Health’s teen detox center are sounding the alarm over the Worcester healthcare system’s decision to close the program.

Westborough-based nonprofit DetecTogether has raised an unprecedented amount of funding for its early cancer detection advocacy through the organization’s Sweet 16 Gala & Auction, headlined by comedian and TV host Jay Leno.

The state’s HSN is operating at an estimated $250 million deficit for fiscal 2025, dumping the burden of payment directly onto the state’s health centers and hospitals.

As the Nashoba Valley Region continues to grapple with the loss of a hospital, a local group received a three-year, $250,000 grant to bolster health equity in Ayer, the Healey administration announced Wednesday.

SALMON Health and Retirement has selected Alessandro Vianello as the Milford senior care provider’s new CFO.

After just over a year on the job, Evelyn Alsup, CEO of Hospital for Behavioral Medicine in Worcester, is no longer in the position.