Health Care

The Division of Insurance in the coming weeks will review 2026 merged market rates submitted by carriers, which average out to a 13.4% hike that's more than twice as large as the 4.8% growth regulators approved two years ago.

As a result of declining utilization, UMass Memorial Health in Worcester will close an in-facility acute detox and stabilization program for teens.

Greater Worcester ranks among the lowest regions in the state when it comes to avoidable emergency department visits and difficulty obtaining necessary health care.

Mere weeks after making an unsolicited bid to buy Marlborough-based biotech firm Akoya Biosciences, the anonymous party has withdrawn its offer . 

After nearly three years as CFO of Lifeward, Michael Lawless will retire from his role at the Marlborough-based mobility device manufacturer in late June. 

Less than two weeks after the Senate moved to create a new prescription drug price cap system in Massachusetts, an industry official warned against legislative "leapfrog" that could complicate the most recent round of reforms.

The labor union for nearly 1,100 workers at UMass Memorial Medical Center has threatened to strike as the union is under contract negotiations with the Worcester hospital system on issues including compensation, staffing levels, and employee protection. 

Leominster will soon be the site of a new veterans housing facility run by a Devens-based nonprofit.

Every 36 minutes a Massachusetts hospital worker faces either an act of violence or threat.

UMass Memorial Health has implemented a system-wide hiring pause on all non-clinical, non-patient-facing roles and shuttered two behavioral health clinics.