Health Care

The Baker administration is said to be willing to back away from controversial proposal to impose a $2,000-per-employee assessment on companies that don't meet certain health insurance requirements.

Dr. James F.X. Kenealy, a Reliant Medical Group physician, has received the 2017 Special Award for Excellence in Medical Service from the Massachusetts Medical Society.

A recent survey found that nearly two-thirds of dentists expect practice revenue growth over the next two years.

With court decisions blocking mergers of the nation's top health insurers, it's likely those companies will look to acquire smaller players.

Quite simply, the fair share assessment is the wrong solution for taming growth in MassHealth, which now insures almost 2 million residents or 30 percent of the commonwealth's total population.

A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed a wrongful-practices lawsuit against Shields Health Solutions by its former president.

Gov. Charlie Baker was alarmed by proposed cuts in President Donald Trump's budget, including an "alarming" reduction in federal research spending that he cast as an immediate concern for Massachusetts.

An organization representing health care plans responded to proposed regulations on how the state deals with health care providers and payers who deemed to have "excessive" cost increases.

Clark University in Worcester is starting a new health science master's program this fall, thanks in part to a $500,000 grant.

GE Healthcare has bought a fetal-monitoring device company as it looks to expand in the maternal and infant care business.