Food bank and charity representatives plan to visit the State House Tuesday to seek increased funding for the Massachusetts Emergency Food Assistance Program.
The rising cost and use of brand name prescription drugs has emerged over the past two years as the one of the newest drivers of health care spending in Massachusetts.
Outlining their requests for funding in the next fiscal year, the state's attorney general, auditor and inspector general all asked budget writers on Tuesday for support in combating waste, fraud and inefficiencies in the MassHealth system.
The Massachusetts Nurses Association is pushing for a legislative solution against violence in the workplace, citing a new survey that reports nearly 50 percent of nurses have been assaulted or abused while at work.
Boston Scientific has partnered with Accenture to create a cloud-based analytics program that allows caregivers to crunch the numbers in an effort to improve treatment for patients with chronic cardiovascular diseases.
HeartWare International Inc. has announced it is backing out of a $929 million dollar purchase of Israeli company Valtech Cardio to concentrate on its core ventricular assist device business.