Health Care

The Massachusetts Division of Insurance announced it has approved a new PPO plan formed by Delta Dental of Massachusetts, which faces review by Attorney General Maura Healey.

State senators may propose alternative ideas as they weigh reforms recommended by Gov. Charlie Baker to bring MassHealth costs under control.

On Wednesday, nurse Elise Wilson's colleagues and husband visited the State House and asked lawmakers to require annual safety assessments at all medical facilities.

Delta Dental will begin offering a new PPO plan to Massachusetts businesses following approval from the state.

As details of the latest rewrite of an Obamacare repeal bill filtered among governors in Rhode Island Thursday, Gov. Charlie Baker would not rule supporting an overhaul that capped Medicaid payments to states, but said he could not support a "takeback" of financial support to Massachusetts.

As union members and lawmakers joined striking nurses in Boston, a hospital trade group on Wednesday ripped the nurses action at Tufts Medical Center, saying the nurses had put their interests over patients.

ReWalk Robotics, a manufacturer of systems to help those with spinal chord and similar injuries, has signed an agreement for exclusive distribution with a French health provider.

Large parent companies are moving in on Central Massachusetts doctors groups.

Amid efforts at the state level to find a way to control health care costs, prescription drugs have been singled out as one of, if not the, biggest drivers of growth in spending for consumers and businesses.

The 1,200 registered nurses at Tufts Medical Center are on strike until 6:59 a.m. Thursday in what their union said is the largest nurses' strike in Massachusetts history.