Health Care

While we're a high-cost state, not every region of Massachusetts has the same cost of living.

More than 50 years after Worcester won a bid to bring the University of Massachusetts Medical School within city limits, the medical school is making its way to Springfield.

As some in Washington D.C. prepare plans to disassemble the Affordable Care Act others in Massachusetts are girding for a battle to ensure Bay State residents will have the same access to health coverage and care.

Anna Maria College in Paxton said it has received a $1,500 from the Schwartz Charitable Foundation in Worcester to complete the purchase of new teaching software.

The Board of Trustees of Hallmark Health in Medford has voted unanimously to affiliate with Wellforce, the parent company of Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

A for-profit Louisiana company plans to acquire the Home Staff company, the home care agency owned by Worcester-based Fallon Health and VNA Care Network.

Patients spoke out against the state's medical marijuana program at hearing Tuesday, saying a proposed overhaul does not go far enough.

Lawmakers on Tuesday made a last push to establish a Board of Registration in Naturopathy, which would regulate alternative medicine practitioners.

Louisiana home health care provider Amedisys, Inc. next month will purchase a 40-year-Worcester home care agency from Fallon Health and VNA Care Network.

Wellesley not-for-profit insurance provider Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, which has operations in Central Massachusetts, announced Tuesday it has hired a chief business growth officer.