Health Care

After cutting programs and services by $98 million in December, the Baker administration's budget chief did not dismiss the possibility that Gov. Charlie Baker could make additional budget cuts.

Administration and Finance Secretary Kristen Lepore said the state is open to revisions on state's plan to impose fines on companies that don't meet health insurance requirements.

Representatives from hospitals, the insurance industry and business groups struck a near unanimous chord Wednesday in urging state officials to adopt a lower target for measuring growth in health care spending.

The Worcester City Council unanimously voted to oppose UMass Memorial Medical Center's plan to reduce its number of psychiatric-unit beds.

The Baker administration's plan to levy heavy per-employee assessments on businesses that don't meet proposed health insurance...

The Wound Care Center at Harrington has received an award for excellence from Healogics Inc.

Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at Northbridge last week announced it received a “perfect” survey by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

Facing opposition from the Worcester City Council, UMass Memorial Health Care said it will redirect psychiatric patients to sites in Marlborough, Clinton and Worcester.

The House budget for next fiscal year will likely address ballooning MassHealth costs, according to Speaker Robert DeLeo, who made it clear he does not yet want to step into that debate.

As positive opioid tests are becoming more common in the workplace, employers are offering help instead of punishment.