Health Care

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.

A Worcester Superior Court jury last week ordered UMass Memorial Medical Center to pay $250,000 in damages to the widow of a 78-year-old man who died after being admitted to the hospital eight years ago.

UMass Memorial Health Care CEO Eric Dickson said the system is planning affiliations in the year ahead, and larger acquisitions may be possible.

Massachusetts lawmakers are fast-tracking legislation to facilitate the expansion of a California biologics company into Worcester.

Fresh off its announcements Thursday about a $68 million annual surplus and a possible new emergency department in Leominster, UMass Memorial Health Care received strong ratings from Fitch Ratings in New York City, which praised the system's financial position.

UMass Memorial Health Care is considering a new emergency department at HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster, President and CEO Eric Dickson said Thursday.