Health Care

Profit-driven health care is a growing local and national trend that doesn't necessarily carry ill effects.

Any business offering a similar at a lower price will almost always succeed in the marketplace. Sure, mitigating factors like taxes, regulation and global competition can throw a company off-track; but for services inherently local – like health care – quality and efficiency are central to a winning formula.

Massachusetts lawmakers steamrolled Gov. Charlie Baker's veto of pay raise legislation Thursday, delivering big salary increases for themselves, six statewide constitutional officers, and scores of judges.

Gardner-based Heywood Healthcare last week celebrated the upcoming opening of the first phase of the Quabbin Retreat Project.

Executives at the Hartford-based health insurer Aetna have been discussing the possibility of relocating to Massachusetts with Gov. Charlie Baker's administration, according to a report Tuesday.

Oriol Health Care of Holden has announced two new hires.

The University of Massachusetts Medical School is partnering with departments of corrections to study best practices in treating substance abuse in prisons and jails.

UMass Memorial Health Care on Wednesday said it has notified the state of plans to the number of beds in its 28-bed inpatient acute psychiatric unit on the University campus by about 50 percent.

Jay Gonzalez, a former secretary of Administration and Finance who left his job as CEO of the health insurer CeltiCare in December to pursue the governorship, made his campaign official on Monday.

The nonprofit Milford Regional Medical Center ended 2016 with a financial loss of $6.99 million, even as its revenue and total number of patients increased.