Health Care

Spending by Massachusetts women on prescription contraceptives dropped sharply under the federal health care law known as the Affordable Care Act, according to data scheduled to be released Monday by the state's Health Policy Commission.

A nurse was stabbed by a patient while working at at Harrington Hospital in Southbridge earlier this month, the latest in a string of attacks of healthcare workers while on the job.

The New England Recovery Center, an inpatient treatment center and subsidiary of Worcester-based Spectrum Health Systems, Inc., has signed a new insurance contract with Beacon Health Options.

Employers would be counted on to pay $200 million more a year over the next two years to help pay for rising expenses in the state's $16.6 billion Medicaid program.

The industry group is partnering with a British pharmaceutical company to reduce the use of opioids in hospitals.

A group of dentists said Delta Dental's new for-profit plan is discriminatory and confusing.

Le talked about the cosmetic and reconstructive work he does, and why plastic surgery has lost its stigma in a recent interview.

Dr. Claire Levesque of Tufts Health Plan talks about linking dental and medical care for better overall health.

Shawn Eck, an advanced practitioner in Reliant Medical Group's Dermatology Department, explains proper sunscreen use and other sun safety habits.

Local hospitals are served by thousands of volunteers, who have a real impact on patients, and the bottom line.