Health Care

Compassionate Homecare, Inc., a now-bankrupt home health agency based in Worcester, must pay $6.53 million to MassHealth to resolve allegations of billing the insurance agency without authorization.

Anna Maria College in Paxton received just over $1 million in federal funds to increase its number of Mental Health First Aid instructors, the college announced Thursday.

CENTRO Inc., a Worcester nonprofit providing social services, secured $975,000 as part of the $1.5-trillion federal appropriations package signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 12.

A technology developed by scientists at UMass Chan Medical School could lead to new muscular dystrophy treatments.

Marlborough drugmaker Phio Pharmaceuticals ended the 2021 fiscal year with $24.1 million cash in hand, enough to carry the drugmaker through the second quarter of 2023.

UMass Chan Medical School has entered into a research collaboration with Moderna on a study of cytomegalovirus transmission in group childcare, education, and household settings.

Worcester has experienced Boston-sized population growth over the last decades, creating not only major opportunities for businesses but urban growing pains along with it.

Cornerstone Bank, GFA Federal Credit Union, LLB Architects, and Mirick O'Connell were among the companies who all announced new hires and promotions.

Over the last two years, Alaina Mangano Brown had to face the realities of COVID as both a long hauler managing lasting symptoms and as a small business owner.

The mood is now decidedly upbeat when it comes to meetings and conferences coming back to Worcester venues such as Mechanics Hall, the DCU Center, and AC Hotel by Marriott Worcester.