Health Care

Steward Medical Group, a sister organization of the Central Massachusetts Independent Physician Association through Steward Health Care, said it plans to sue a South Shore affiliate.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health said UMass Memorial Health Care should reconsider its plans to close the beds June 1.

After a narrow victory for Republicans in the U.S. House, Sen. Ed Markey said he does not see a viable path for Congress to agree on a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, predicting doom for the effort to undo President Barack Obama's signature law.

Reliant Medical Group doctors and trustees have unanimously voted to be acquired by OptumHealth, a spokesman said Tuesday evening.

While Obamacare included provisions that "compromised" the state's own 2006 universal health care access law, a Trumpcare law based on the bill that cleared the U.S. House last week would force Massachusetts to revisit its tax system.

UMass Memorial Health Care says it will be able to meet the region's behavioral health needs, with the help of area hospitals, if it is allowed to close 13 psychiatric beds at its University Campus.

The U.S. House on Thursday voted 217-213 to pass legislation repealing the Affordable Care Act and replacing it with the Republican-sponsored American Health Care Act.

Both Worcester community health centers received just short of $50,000 each for capital improvement projects from MassDevelopment, the agency announced Thursday.

The health care bill that Congressional Republicans plan to bring to the House floor for a vote Thursday afternoon would result in "a massive loss of critical funds" for Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker said.

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation is accepting grant applications for its 2017 Fairlawn Fund, focusing on projects that address mental health needs in the region.