Health Care

Holliston-based Biostage Inc. on Monday announced the first implant of its proprietary Cellspan Esophageal Implant in a human patient.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute will open a 6,400-square-foot space this fall for students and faculty to conduct research projects in Boston's Fort Point neighborhood.

Gov. Charlie Baker will sign into law $200 million in new fees and fines on Massachusetts employers to help pay for MassHealth without sought-after reforms to the program.

Some say the state doesn't do enough to regulate those who provide one-on-one care to people in their homes.

Gov. Charlie Baker will sign into law $200 million in new fees and fines on Massachusetts employers to help pay for MassHealth without sought-after reforms to the program.

Health New England, a nonprofit health plan with members in Massachusetts and Connecticut, is partnering with a pharmacy benefits manager to rein in costs associated with hemophilia patients.

Heywood Healthcare's Carol Roosa was singled out as a top chief information officer in the country by Becker's Hospital Review.

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.