Health Care

Dueling multi-million dollar lawsuits filed within the past week pit Shields Health Solutions, LLC, a co-venture with UMass Memorial Health Ventures, Inc., its co-founder, Jack Shields, Sr. against former company president Tom Guilfoile.

Springfield grocery operator Big Y Foods, Inc. has acquired the independent Park Avenue Pharmacy in Worcester, with all the store's prescription records being transferred to the nearby Big Y store.

Worcester's city manager has issued a second letter of non-opposition for a medical marijuana site, opening the door for Prime Wellness Centers, Inc. to locate in the northern part of the city on Pullman Street.

Walden Behavioral Care provides eating disorder treatment to patients throughout New England at seven different clinics, including a Worcester location on Chandler Street where the organization has adult partial hospitalization and adolescent and adult intensive outpatient programs.

The UMass Memorial Health Care system will be investing over $168.8 million in renovations to its four hospitals after securing a tax-exempt bond through MassDevelopment.

In bid for students, marketing for Central Massachusetts higher education turns to dollars and cents.

A CareWell Urgent Care center with an affiliation to UMass Memorial Health Care is set to open this summer in Marlborough.

Marlborough's Hologic has been selected to be listed on the S&P 500 trading index.

The most advanced MRI machine from General Electric has come to Worcester at the Shields Health Care location on Shrewsbury Street.

While nearly all Massachusetts residents have insurance, almost half are having a hard time taking advantage of their benefits.