Health Care

Worcester-based Compassionate Homecare and three individuals have been indicted in connection with allegations that they stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the state's Medicaid program.

The Department of Public Health has recommended approval of a proposed $1 billion expansion at Boston Children's Hospital.

Gov. Charlie Baker will lead a trade mission of about a dozen state government officials and 40 private sector representatives to Israel in December.

Agilux Laboratories has been acquired by Charles River Laboratories International, a move that will allow the Wilmington company to begin working with clients earlier in the drug research process.

The board of UMass Memorial Health Care has voted for a merger between its hospitals in Clinton and Leominster, with a final decision from the state to come within the next six months.

Worcester was ranked as the worst place for a person with disabilities to live out of the nation's 150 most populated cities.

Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer will be the first hospital in Central Massachusetts to offer a non-surgical weight loss procedure for people with mild to moderate obesity.

The losses at UMass Memorial - Clinton Hospital and Milford Regional Medical Center have continued to mount as the rest of the area's hospitals remain on track.

The Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, a research division of the insurer, has received a $4 million renewable grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Boston Scientific has entered into an agreement to acquire an endoscopic company for approximately $210 million.