Health Care

Story by Richard Burke, retired president & CEO of Fallon Health

In February, WBJ asked the 400+ people who have ever been on a WBJ power list (Power 100, Power 50, Power Players) to vote for the professionals they believed are the most influential in the region. Nearly 600 votes were cast

The Power 100 edition is an annual report on how power is shared and expended in Central Massachusetts each year, as told through the 100 people who are most effectively wielding their influence, with a special focus on those creating change and bringing new ideas to the forefront.

The Division of Insurance flexed its new authority under a 2025 law giving officials heightened scrutiny over health insurance costs.

After her swift February resignation as CEO of Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Carolyn Jackson has assumed a new role as head of another Massachusetts hospital.

The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce set off on a perhaps overnight process of marking up a package of Medicaid, energy and communications policy reforms with the potential for seismic impacts.

Framingham Union Hospital's parent company has said it will consider the public’s request to operate at least a NICU with reduced services.

John Whitlock, CEO of MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, has resigned, putting an end to the tenure of the hospital’s sixth leader since 2017.  

President Donald Trump is signing an executive order Monday morning that he says will reduce prescription drug prices by 30% to 80% "almost immediately," though White House officials described a more involved process.

Victor Ambros, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, has gained international recognition once again as he’s been named one of TIME100’s most influential people in health of 2025.