Health Care

Groups representing insurance plans and behavioral health service providers scrapped Monday over a bill that would give clinicians a greater say in determining medical necessity for mental health services, a decision typically made by the insurer.

Samuel Brinton told lawmakers Tuesday that the physical aversion therapy was part of an effort to stop him from identifying as gay.

Westborough electronic health records software vendor eClinicalWorks will pay $155 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the company misrepresented its capabilities and paid kickbacks to customers.

Saint Vincent Hospital has been recognized for its commitment to stroke care by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, the hospital announced Wednesday.

As fentanyl propels the scourge of opioid overdose deaths in Massachusetts, U.S. Sen. Edward Markey plans on Tuesday to tout a bill he's filed with U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio to give border patrol agents technology to identify and seize illicit fentanyl before it enters the country.

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, which has offices in Worcester and is based in Cambridge, has signed two outcomes-based contracts with Great Britain drug developer AstraZeneca for medicines that treat acute coronary disease and Type 2 Diabetes.

At the time of Athol Hospital's merger with Heywood Healthcare, Athol had four days of cash on hand and one inpatient bed filled. Since then, it has swung to profitability.

The three Central Massachusetts hospitals owned by Tenet Healthcare will begin accepting Humana insurance June 1, seven months after the hospitals went out of the network.

UMass Medical School is among more than 200 medical schools, associations, colleges and others advocating for medical research funding at a time when government funding could be cut.

President Donald Trump and the Republican-led U.S. House have caused Gov. Charlie Baker some agita with their health care proposals, while Senate President Stanley Rosenberg assigned a failing grade to the new president.