Health Care

Worcester-based Fallon Health announced it is sponsoring a geriatric medicine training program to train resident physicians at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

eClinicalWorks added more than 3,000 providers -- including ambulatory surgical centers, accountable care organizations, and federally qualified health centers -- as clients in its second quarter.

Heroin-related hospital visits in Massachusetts grew by 256 percent from 2011 to 2015, with the sharpest increase among patients between the ages of 25 and 34, according to new data.

House Minority Leader Brad Jones said lawmakers are on the verge of sending Gov. Charlie Baker $200 million in new employer health care fees, but not the MassHealth reforms Baker desires.

The Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association issued a statement decrying the U.S. Senate vote to begin the debate on repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act.

Patrick Hughes, former president and CEO of Worcester insurer Fallon Health, is now chairman of the Curry College Board of Trustees.

Southborough-based Veristat is overseeing a new immunotherapy clinical trial for patients with ovarian cancer.

As it simultaneously pursues Medicaid reform proposals in the state Legislature, the Baker administration has taken the first steps toward seeking approval of health care policy changes from the Trump administration.

A complaint against Delta Dental may result in more regulation against the for-profit divisions of nonprofits, like hospitals and insurers.

Ascentria Care Alliance announced Thursday that it has acquired a Jamaica Plain rehabilitation center in order to grow its Boston presence and expand its elder service offerings.