Health Care

Executives at the largest health network in Central Massachusetts saw a bump in their total compensation in 2014, according to the nonprofit's latest tax filing with the Internal Revenue Service.

Acute care hospitals in Central Massachusetts received moderate to low rankings on a five-star hospital ranking system put out by the federal government.

Saying it is a critical element to ending prescription drug abuse, the president of the Massachusetts Medical Society on Wednesday urged doctors to enroll in a new prescription monitoring program.

More than 36,000 visits to hospital emergency rooms for preventable oral health conditions cost the Massachusetts health care system between $14.8 million and $36 million in 2014.

Fallon Health managed to bring in $100,000 in earnings in the second quarter, despite drops in both revenue and membership, the company announced Monday.

A newly released list of the best places to retire placed Worcester on the undesirable end of the list as the second worst place to retire in the United States, falling behind cities such as Detroit and Anchorage.

In mid-June, UMass Memorial Health Care named Lisa Colombo as the permanent president and CEO of Clinton Hospital and she has set her focus on growth, marketing and philanthropy.

Central Mass. academia is shifting to meet demand from evolving healthcare industry.

UMass Memorial Health Care added a technology that notifies the Worcester health provider when one of its patients is treated outside of the network.

Parents expecting a baby are better off in Massachusetts than they would be in most other states, according to a new report from WalletHub.