Health Care

A group of senators plans to travel in the fall to explore strategies used by other states to keep health care costs in check, Senate President Stanley Rosenberg said Tuesday.

All but two acute care hospitals in Central Massachusetts reported year-over-year profits for the first three months of 2016, according to a report from a state agency that tracks hospital financials.

The profitability of 63 acute care hospitals in Massachusetts was stable for the period ending March 31, 2016.

A new study of home care costs reports they are holding steady in Massachusetts for 2016, but nursing home care remains much more expensive than the rest of the country.

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care on Monday announced deals with pharmaceutical companies that will allow the insurer to pay for drugs based on patient outcomes.

UMass Memorial Health Care said Friday that it reached a tentative agreement with the Massachusetts Nurses Association following expedited negotiations.

MedPost, a national chain of urgent care centers, will open three locations in Central Massachusetts next month -- its first clinics in the northeast.

The traditional doctor's office is making a shift from a lone ranger mentality to a system that makes the most of teamwork.

The MassHealth program, which has 1.8 million members in Massachusetts, would be restructured toward the accountable care model of service delivery under a five-year deal with the federal government proposed Wednesday by the Baker administration.

The Prevention and Wellness Trust Fund that was established in 2012 is still seen as the "future of health care" in the state.