Health Care

Central Massachusetts solar installers and equipment providers said continued loss of state subsidies and the slow reaction of the Massachusetts legislature will soon lead to a spike in renewable energy prices and job losses in the solar industry.

The Senate gave initial approval Thursday to legislation aimed at providing privacy to people on a multi-person health care plan, such as children and young adults on their parents' plan.

A study of Hologic's Genius 3D Mammography system found it led to significant drops in the costly and stressful rescreening of patients.

Massachusetts has a problem with unplanned patient readmissions as 78 percent of hospitals face federal penalties for having higher-than-expected readmissions in the most recent federal fiscal year.

eClinicalWorks, the Westborough-based creator of health care IT solutions, is entering the United States acute care electronic health records (EHR) market.

Saint Vincent Hospital will have a new chief operating officer beginning March 7 when Ava Jo Collins will take over the position.

Seeking federal dollars and more cost-controls, the Baker administration is reworking Medicaid on at least two fronts, moving toward population health and installing independent assessors for people in need of a range of services.

The Senate has plans to vote next week on legislation aimed at protecting access to health care records by allowing insured individuals to request suppression of summary of payment forms for specific services procedures.

Tufts Associated Health Plans agreed to a settlement with Attorney General Maura Healey's office to resolve allegations that the insurer violated the state's consumer protection and mental health parity laws.

Local economists huddled in late January to discuss the state of play in Massachusetts and emerged with the consensus conclusion that the fiscal condition of state government represents a "potentially troubling development for both growth and inequality."